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Chlorophyta
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Chlorophyta or chlorophytes is a major division of green algae, and is sister taxon to the other major division Charophyta (a paraphyletic group of predominantly freshwater green algae, which form the monophyletic clade Streptophyta after including all land plants) as well as the proposed basal clade Prasinodermophyta, together with whom they form the major primary algae clade Viridiplantae (Plantae sensu stricto).
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Chlorophyta, commonly known as green algae, is a taxon classified as a phylum within the infrakingdom Viridiplantae. The name was established by Pascher in 1914, and the group is governed by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. In the Global Biodiversity Information Facility system, it is listed under the kingdom Plantae. The taxon has an accepted status in the World Register of Marine Species.
This group inhabits marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Records from the iDigBio database indicate occurrences in the United States, Mexico, Croatia, Turkey, and Brazil, with specimens held by institutions such as SDNHM, UCMP, US, NMMNHS, and YPM. The taxon is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and is referenced by 1,446 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
green algae
Plantae
KINGDOM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 579
- With media
- 30
- Collections
- SDNHM, UCMP, US, NMMNHS, YPM, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Croatia, Turkey, Brazil, Australia, Sweden, Papua New Guinea
Research
27,925 papers- [Nitric Oxide(II) in the Biology of Chlorophyta].ReviewMolekuliarnaia biologiia · 2023Ermilova EVDOI: 10.31857/S002689842306006X
- Plant gravity sensing.ReviewInternational review of cytology · 1991Sack FD, New Collective AuthorDOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60695-6
- Novel diversity within marine Mamiellophyceae (Chlorophyta) unveiled by metabarcoding.Scientific reports · 2019Tragin M, Vaulot DDOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41680-6
- The concept of the genus Ulothrix (Chlorophyta) strengthened by comparative cytology.ReviewBio Systems · 1985Lokhorst GMDOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(85)90035-8
- Different preferences for inorganic carbon influence CO(2) flux under Cyanobacteria or Chlorophyta dominance days.Journal of environmental management · 2024Deng KK, Li YX, Yan P et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122662
- Co-occurrence patterns between Chlorophyta and nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus in coastal ecosystem, South Korea.Marine environmental research · 2025Kim MJ, Kim KE, Kim HJ et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.106944
- Evolutionary significance of amino acid permease transporters in 17 plants from Chlorophyta to Angiospermae.BMC genomics · 2020Zhang C, Kong N, Cao M et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6729-3
- Polyols and UV-sunscreens in the Prasiola-clade (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) as metabolites for stress response and chemotaxonomy.Journal of phycology · 2018Hotter V, Glaser K, Hartmann A et al.DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12619
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Viridiplantae
- Image
- Volvocales.png
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- Commons category
- Chlorophyta
- taxon rank
- phylum
- taxon name
- Chlorophyta
- topic's main category
- Category:Chlorophyta
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
- taxon common name
- 绿藻纲
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Description
- Chloroplasts
- Flagellar apparatus
- Metabolism
- Reproduction and life cycle
- Ecology
- Free-living
- Symbionts
- Systematics
- Taxonomic history
- Classification
- Evolution
- Usage
- Model organisms
- Industrial uses
- References
- Footnotes
- Citations
- Cited literature
- Further reading
Chlorophyta or chlorophytes is a major division of green algae, and is sister taxon to the other major division Charophyta (a paraphyletic group of predominantly freshwater green algae, which form the monophyletic clade Streptophyta after including all land plants) as well as the proposed basal clade Prasinodermophyta, together with whom they form the major primary algae clade Viridiplantae (Plantae sensu stricto).
== Description == Chlorophytes are eukaryotic organisms composed of cells with a variety of coverings or walls, and usually a single green chloroplast in each cell. They are structurally diverse: most groups of chlorophytes are unicellular, such as the earliest-diverging prasinophytes, but in two major classes (Chlorophyceae and Ulvophyceae) there is an evolutionary trend toward various types of complex colonies and even multicellularity.
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