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Plant Kingdom

Question
CBSEENBI11003365

Mannitol is reserve food in

  • Rhodophyceae

  • Chlorophyceae

  • Phaeophyceae

  • Xanthophyceae

Solution

C.

Phaeophyceae

Class Phaeophyceae includes brown algae Brown algae are marine plants. Chief pigments found in the members of this class are chlorophyll a and c β-carotene, violaxanthin, fucoxanthin, lutein, diatoxanthin. Reserve food is laminarin, mannitol and oils.