Biology 1002B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Light-Independent Reactions, Monotropa Uniflora, Chlorophyll

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Yes, you have discovered an unusual plant that has evolved a lifestyle that doesn"t require all of that expensive photosynthetic apparatus (it is also non-hallucinogenic). I will explain just what photosynthesis provides to green plants and how indian pipe manages to survive without it. Photosynthesis in plants occurs in the chloroplast and is the process that provides food, stored as glucose, to green plants. This process is possible because chlorophyll absorbs photons of light in order to convert light energy into chemical energy. Note that chlorophyll is a pigment that absorbs blue and red wavelengths of light but reflects green. Thus, we see photosynthetic plants as being green in colour. Indian pipes, scientifically known as monotropa uniflora, are a special type of flowering plants that are non-photosynthetic and do not contain chlorophyll (explaining why they appear white in colour). They are mycoheterotrophs, meaning that they instead use a network of roots to feed on fungi.

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