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Definition of Heterokontae
1. Noun. All the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length.
Group relationships: Chrysophyta, Division Chrysophyta
Generic synonyms: Class
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterokontae
Literary usage of Heterokontae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"... Heterokontae, a small class the forms of which are of uncertain relationship.
It seems even doubtful to the reviewer whether this group ..."
2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"... that many modern writers classify them together under the head of Heterokontae,
in spite of the fact that some are unicellular, some flagellate, ..."
3. A Treatise on the British Freshwater Algae by George Stephen West (1904)
"... is usually carried in a backward direction, pressed closely against the body
of the cell. The Heterokontae contains only a limited number of genera. ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"Yellow green Algae Heterokontae IV. Containing only the green coloring matter
known as chlorophyll. Stored product of assimilation usually starch. ..."
5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1910)
"... in the Chlorophyceae rather than Bohlin, and Blackman and Tansley, in transferring
them to the Heterokontae. The Flagellates are excluded and the ..."
6. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"... Heterokontae. The inclusion of the algae in all college and most high school
courses in botany renders some knowledge of this group imperative on the ..."
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