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Chlorophytina
Composite image to illustrate the diversity of Chlorophytina. Top left: Ulva. Top right: Caulerpa. Bottom left: Bornetella. Bottom right: Dictyosphaeria.
Scientific classification
(unranked):
Viridiplantae
Division:
Chlorophyta
Subphylum:
Chlorophytina
Classes[1]
Chlorodendrophyceae Massjuk 2006
Chlorophyceae Wille
Trebouxiophyceae Friedl 1995
Ulvophyceae K.R.Mattox & K.D.Stewart 1984
The Chlorophytina are a proposed basal Tetraphytina clade.[2][3] It is currently seen as sister of the Pedinomonadaceae. It contains the more well-known green alga and is characterized by the presence of phycoplasts.
Below is a consensus reconstruction of green algal relationships, mainly based on molecular data et al.[4][5][6]
glaucophyta
Viridiplantae
Prasinodermophyta
Palmophyllophyceae (prasinophyte clade VI)
Prasinodermophyceae
Chlorophyta
Mamiellophyceae (prasinophyte clade II)
Pyramimonadophyceae (prasinophyte clade I)
Chlorophytina
Nephroselmidophyceae (prasinophyte clade III)
Picocystophyceae (prasinophyte clade VIIC)
Pycnococcaceae (prasinophyte clade V)
Chloropicophyceae (prasinophyte clade VIIA & VIIB)
Tetraphytina
Pedinophyceae
Chlorodendrophyceae (prasinophyte clade IV)
Trebouxiophyceae
Ulvophyceae
Chlorophyceae
Streptophyta
Mesostigmatophyceae
Mesostigma viride
Spirotaenia
Chlorokybophyceae
streptofilum
Klebsormidiophyceae
Phragmoplastophyta
Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses)
Coleochaetophyceae
Zygnematophyceae
Embryophytes (land plants)
green algae
^Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=142048 ; searched on 25 April 2018.
^Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998-08-01). "A revised six-kingdom system of life". Biological Reviews. 73 (3): 203–266. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1998.tb00030.x. ISSN 1469-185X. PMID 9809012. S2CID 6557779.
^Brodie, Juliet; Lewis, Jane (2007-11-26). Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algal systematics. CRC Press. ISBN 9780849379901.
^Leliaert, Frederik; Tronholm, Ana; Lemieux, Claude; Turmel, Monique; DePriest, Michael S.; Bhattacharya, Debashish; Karol, Kenneth G.; Fredericq, Suzanne; Zechman, Frederick W. (2016-05-09). "Chloroplast phylogenomic analyses reveal the deepest-branching lineage of the Chlorophyta, Palmophyllophyceae class. nov". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 25367. Bibcode:2016NatSR...625367L. doi:10.1038/srep25367. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4860620. PMID 27157793.
^Sánchez-Baracaldo, Patricia; Raven, John A.; Pisani, Davide; Knoll, Andrew H. (2017-09-12). "Early photosynthetic eukaryotes inhabited low-salinity habitats". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (37): E7737–E7745. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114E7737S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1620089114. PMC 5603991. PMID 28808007.
The Chlorophytina are a proposed basal Tetraphytina clade. It is currently seen as sister of the Pedinomonadaceae. It contains the more well-known green...
Ulvophyceae Division Chlorophyta (green algae sensu stricto) Subdivision Chlorophytina Class Chlorophyceae (chlorophytes) Order Chlamydomonadales (+ some Chlorococcales...
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