Green Algae...kingdom?

[rpatel8]

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For our purposes, do we consider green algae to be part of the protist kingdom or plant kingdom? Thanks in advance for the clarification

 

[luv8724]

For our purposes, do we consider green algae to be part of the protist kingdom or plant kingdom? Thanks in advance for the clarification

We put that under Domain Eukarya --->> Kingdom Protista

 

[Avery07]

No, It's Kingdom Plantae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_algae

Oh, for our purposes... no idea.

Cheeseburguesa is correct. Green algae are in Kingdom Plantae but all the other algae are in Kingdom Protista (golden algae, red algae, brown algae, dinoflagellates).

 

[rpatel8]

Cheeseburguesa is correct. Green algae are in Kingdom Plantae but all the other algae are in Kingdom Protista (golden algae, red algae, brown algae, dinoflagellates).

That's what I thought but in Cliffs, it has green algae listed under protista.

 

[Avery07]

That's what I thought but in Cliffs, it has green algae listed under protista.

I had the same problem a few months back:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=711407

According to that thread, we came to the conclusion that they would be considered protists, but today I have to disagree with that. I just took a very intensive semester in evolutionary biology courses and green algae was presented as Kingdom Plantae whereas the others were Kingdom Protista. We covered the algae after I had originally asked this question but with what I learned from these classes, I would have to say they are in Kingdom Plantae.

I believe the primary reasoning is similarities and differences in chlorophyll pigments. Green algae, like plants, share chlorophylls a and b.

 

[ScGirl17]

I was wondering the same thing today.

In my undergrad textbook, green algae was under kingdom protista. Then I took a practice test (forgot which one) and I ended up getting one of the questions wrong asking which kingdom it was in. Answer said "Kingdom plantae"

 

[rpatel8]

Ok...Thanks for the help....Seems like plantae is definitely the better choice