green algae
Chlorophyta
Chlorophyta is a division of green algae, informally called chlorophytes. The name is used in two very different senses, so care is needed to determine the use by a particular author. In older classification systems, it refers to a highly paraphyletic group of all the green algae within the green plants (Viridiplantae) and thus includes about 7,000 species of mostly aquatic photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. In newer classifications, it refers to one of the two clades making...
13 branches of this phylum, most-observed first
Ulvophycean green algae
classUlvophyceae
Chlorophycean green algae
classChlorophyceae
Trebouxiophyceae
classTrebouxiophyceae
Palmophyllophyceae
classPalmophyllophyceae
Chlorodendrophyceae
classChlorodendrophyceae
Pyramimonadophyceae
classPyramimonadophyceae
Prasinophyceae
classPrasinophyceae
Nephroselmidophyceae
classNephroselmidophyceae
Mamiellophyceae
classMamiellophyceae
Pedinophyceae
classPedinophyceae
Picocystophyceae
classPicocystophyceae
Chloropicophyceae
classChloropicophyceae
Prasinodermatophyceae
classPrasinodermatophyceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In 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 50863.