What are the 3 types of chlorophylls.which one is most commonly found in plants?

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Answer 1

First of all, there are five types of chlorophyll but only two are found in plants.  They are:

~Chlorophyll a (C55H72O5N4Mg, chemically known as methanol) is the most widely distributed type of chlorophyll and is the most common type found in terrestrial plants.  It is a waxy blue-black microcrystalline green-plant pigment with a characteristic blue-green alcohol solution.

~Chlorophyll b (C55H70O6N4Mg) is a similar green-plant pigment, but makes a brilliant green alcohol solution.  It is found mostly in plants.

Other types include:

~Chlorophyll c1 (C35H30O5N4Mg) is found in various types of algae.

~Chlorophyll c2 (C35H28O5N4Mg) is found in various types of algae.

~Chlorophyll d (C54H70O6N4Mg) is found in cyanobacteria.

Answer 2

In Plants there are many pigments associated with photosynthesis

Green plants have five closely-related photosynthetic pigments (in order of increasing polarity):

Carotene - an orange pigment

Phaeophytin a[1] - a gray-brown pigment

Phaeophytin b[1] - a yellow-brown pigment

Chlorophyll a - a yellow-green pigment

Chlorophyll b - a blue-green pigment

Xanthophyll - a yellow pigment

Out of these Chlorophyll a is the most common of the six, present in every plant that performs photosynthesis.

The reason that there are so many pigments is that each absorbs light more efficiently in a different part of the spectrum. Chlorophyll a absorbs well at a wavelength of about 400-450 nm and at 650-700 nm; chlorophyll b at 450-500 nm and at 600-650 nm. Xanthophyll absorbs well at 400-530 nm. However, none of the pigments absorbs well in the green-yellow region, which is responsible for the abundant green we see in nature.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthe...

For a detail account of Chlorophyll pgments ; click the link below and read ---

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyll