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Zygnematophyceae

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Also known as Zygnemophyceae

Zygnematophyceae (or Conjugatophyceae) is a class of green algae in the paraphylum streptophyte algae, also referred to as Charophyta, consisting of more than 4000 described species. The Zygnematophyceae are the sister clade of the Embryophyta (land plants).

Species

konjugater

CLASS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumCharophyta
  3. ClassZygnematophyceae
Observations recorded137,893

Zygnematophyceae es un classe de Charophyta.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
With media
4
Collections
US, NY
Recorded in
United States, Germany, Puerto Rico

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Morphology
  • Reproduction
  • Taxonomy
  • Phylogeny
  • Habitat
  • Fossil record
  • Genomes
  • References

Zygnematophyceae (or Conjugatophyceae) is a class of green algae in the paraphylum streptophyte algae, also referred to as Charophyta, consisting of more than 4000 described species. The Zygnematophyceae are the sister clade of the Embryophyta (land plants).

Common members of the Zygnematophyceae include the filamentous algae Spirogyra and Mougeotia, as well as desmids, which are microscopic algae characterized by symmetrical and elaborately ornate cells.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zygnematophyceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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