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Taxon: Phylum Chlorophyta Pascher (1914) - green algae (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  A. Pascher, 1914, nom. descript.
Original name:  Pascher, A. 1914.
Emended diagnosis (emend.):  Lewis & McCourt, 2004.

Attributes

Descriptive name (: nom. descript.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Sect. 1, Art. 16.1(b) (>family)] Ref: J. McNeill et al. (eds.), 2012. Int. Code Nomencl. (Melbourne Code): Art. 16.1 Ex. 2.

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon: Chlorophyceae (Class) Wille (1884)

Variants

Equivalent rank: Chlorophyta (Division) Reichenbach (1834)
Different rank: Chlorobionta (Kingdom) Jeffrey, 1982
Different rank: Chlorophyta (Kingdom) Reichenbach, 1834
Different rank: Chlorophyta (Infrakingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1993)
Different rank: Chlorophyta (Section) Reichenbach (1834)
Different rank: Chlorophytina (Subphylum) T. Cavalier-Sm. (1998)
Different rank: Chlorophytina (Subdivision)
Different termination: Chlorophycota (Phylum)
Preferred termination: Chlorophycota (Phylum) Ref: M. Guiry (comp.), 2001: 21.

Synonyms

Synonymous name (objective): Chlorophycophyta (Division)
Synonymous name (objective): Chlorophycota (Division)
Including: Tetraphytae (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Sm. (1998)
Vernacular name: Chlorophycophytes ([unranked]) M. Chadef. (1960)
Vernacular name: chlorophytes ([unranked])
Vernacular name: Ulvacées ([unranked]) J.V.F. Lamouroux (1813)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: groenwieren Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al. (eds.), 1979-1984

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: green algae Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).
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