In this article we will discuss about Fritschiella:- 1. Characteristics, 2. Classification and Diagram
1. Fritschiella Characteristics
- They grows on moist alkaline soil, silt of drying pools and similar other terrestrial habitats
- The green thallus is upright uniseriate filaments and all the cells of the plant body are uninucleate.
- It has highly developed heterotrichous plant body which is differentiated into prostrate system and erect system
- Prostrate system has rounded or irregularly swollen clusters of cells, helps in perennation.
- Erect system composed of primary projecting system (short-celled branches) and a secondary projecting system (elongated-celled branches)
- It has a curved plate-like single parietal chloroplast with several pyrenoids.
- Asexual reproduction occur by quadriflagellate macro and microzoospores and biflagellate micro-zoospores.
- Sexual reproduction is isogamous by biflagellate gametes.
- All zoospores (swarm cells) are developed from the cells of the prostrate system.
- This alga exhibits isomorphic alternation of generations, which means the sporophyte morphologically resembles to the haploid gametophytic plants.
2. Fritschiella Classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Chlorophyta
- Class: Chlorophyceae
- Order: Chaetophorales
- Family: Chaetophoraceae
- Genus: Fritschiella
3. Fritschiella Diagram
- Prostrate System: dense, mat-like structure on the soil surface and made up of irregularly arranged filaments of small cells. Help for anchorage and nutrient absorption.
- Erect System: consists of upright, branched filaments and made up of elongated cells with conical shape at the tip. Help for for photosynthesis and reproduction.
- Rhizoids: These are root-like structures that arise from prostrate system and goes into the soil. Help for hold substrate and absorb water and nutrients.
How to Draw Fritschiella Diagram
