Green Algae...kingdom?
Started by 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).
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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.
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"
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"
