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Taxon: Phylum
Chlorophyta
A. Pascher, 1914
- green algae
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Taxon:
Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Bikonta
............photokaryotes
..............Kingdom Plantae - plants
................Viridiplantae - green plants
..................Streptophyta
..................Phylum Chlorophyta - green algae
....................Genus Smithsoniella
....................core chlorophytes
....................prasinophytes
....................»Order Microthamniales
....................»Order Pedinomonadales
....................»Order Prasiolales
....................»Order Trentepohliales
....................»Class Charophyceae - stoneworts
....................»Class Chlorophyceae - chlorophytes
....................»Class Nephroselmidophyceae
....................»Class Trebouxiophyceae - trebouxiophytes
....................»Class Ulvophyceae - ulvophytes
....................(Class Bryopsidophyceae)
....................(Class Chaetophorales)
....................(Class Charales)
....................(Class Chlamydophyceae)
....................(Class Chlorococcales)
....................(Class Cladophorales)
....................(Class Codiolophyceae)
....................(Class Oedogoniales)
....................(Class Oedogoniophyceae)
....................(Class Pleurastrophyceae)
....................(Class Prasinophycales)
....................(Class Prasinophyceae) - prasinophytes
....................(Class Siphonales)
....................(Class Ulotrichales)
....................(Class Volvocales)
....................(Subphylum Chlorophytina)
....................(Subphylum Phragmophytina) - phragmophytes
....................»(Class Micromonadophyceae)
....................»(Class Pedinophyceae)
Authorship
Original name
Pascher, A. 1914
Emended diagnosis
Lewis & McCourt, 2004
Types
Nominotypical taxon
Chlorophyceae
(Class)
Wille (1884)
Variants
Equivalent rank
Chlorophyta
(Division)
Different rank
Chlorobionta
(Kingdom)
Jeffrey, 1982
Different rank
Chlorophyta
(Kingdom)
Different rank
Chlorophyta
(Infrakingdom)
Cavalier-Smith, 1993
Different rank
Chlorophyta
(Section)
Different rank
Chlorophytina
(Subdivision)
Different rank
Chlorophytina
(Subphylum)
T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Different termination
Chlorophycota
(Phylum)
Different termination
Chlorophycota
(Phylum)
[
M. Guiry (comp.), 2001
: 21
]
Synonyms
Objective synonym
Chlorophycophyta
(Division)
Objective synonym
Chlorophycota
(Division)
Including
Tetraphytae
(Infraphylum)
T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Vernacular name
Chlorophycophytes
M. Chadefaud, 1960
Vernacular name
chlorophytes
Vernacular name
Ulvacées
J.V.F. Lamouroux, 1813
Taxonomic positions
Subsequent position
Chloroplastida
S.M. Adl et al., 2005
[
S.M. Adl et al., 2005
: 421
]
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
groenwieren
English
:
green algae
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
6c;27o;75f;608g;2504s;16ss;338v; †1g;1s
2008-present
M.D. Guiry & G.M. Guiry
: 30 Jul 2008
[8c];3961s
1998
T. Cavalier-Smith
[2sp]
1990
M. Melkonian
4c;28o
1982
L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz
9c7,000s
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012