Statement I: The fungi had chitin in their walls while the green plants had a cellulosic cell wall. Statement II: Whittaker’s system did not distinguish between autotrophic / photosynthetic (green algae and plants) and the heterotrophic / non-photosynthetic organisms (fungi).

Question

Statement I: The fungi had chitin in their walls while the green plants had a cellulosic cell wall. Statement II: Whittaker’s system did not distinguish between autotrophic / photosynthetic (green algae and plants) and the heterotrophic / non-photosynthetic organisms (fungi). (A) Only statement I is correct (B) Only statement II is correct (C) Both statements I and II are correct (D) Both statements I and II are incorrect

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Whittaker’s system considered mode of nutrition as one of the criteria for its classification and hence placed the autotrophic/photosynthetic (green algae and plants) and the heterotrophic/non-photosynthetic organisms (fungi) under separate kingdoms as Plantae and Fungi respectively. However, some of the green algae such as Chlorella and Chalmydomonas are placed under kingdom Protista.

Q. Statement I: The fungi had chitin in their walls while the green plants had a cellulosic cell wall. Statement II: Whittaker’s system did not distinguish between autotrophic / photosynthetic (green algae and plants) and the heterotrophic / non-photosynthetic organisms (fungi).

Only statement I is correct

Only statement II is correct

Both statements I and II are correct

Both statements I and II are incorrect

Q. Statement I: The fungi had chitin in their walls while the green plants had a cellulosic cell wall.
Statement II: Whittaker’s system did not distinguish between autotrophic / photosynthetic (green algae and plants) and the heterotrophic / non-photosynthetic organisms (fungi).