charophyte algae
Charophyta
Charophyta is a division of freshwater green algae. The terrestrial plants, the Embryophyta emerged within Charophyta, with the class Zygnematophyceae as a sister group. With the cladistic inclusion of the Embryophyta, the Charophyta is synonymous with the Streptophyta.. The sister group of the Charophytes are the Chlorophyta. Basal Chlorophyta are the Mesostigmatophyceae, the Chlorokybophyceae and an unnamed clade containing the remainder of the Charophyta. Some charophyte groups, such as Zygnematophyceae or conjugating green algae, flagella are...
6 branches of this phylum, most-observed first
Conjugating green algae
classZygnematophyceae
Charophyceae
classCharophyceae
Klebsormidiophyceae
classKlebsormidiophyceae
Coleochaetophyceae
classColeochaetophyceae
Mesostigmatophyceae
classMesostigmatophyceae
Chlorokybophyceae
classChlorokybophyceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 311313.