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CHLOROPHYTA

?Chlorophyta
"Siphoneae" from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904
"Siphoneae" from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Classes

Chlorophyceae
Ulvophyceae
Trebouxiophyceae
Prasinophyceae

The Chlorophyta sensu stricto or chlorophytes, comprises most of what are commonly called green algae and includes most members of the grade of putatively ancestral scaly flagellates in Prasinophyceae plus members of Ulvophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Pedinophyceae, Picocystophyceae, and unclassified Chlorophyta. See also: algae.

They contain both Unicellular and multicellular species. Generally, they are restricted to water or very damp habitats. They possess chlorophylls and accessory pigments similar to those of vascular plants. They are related to the Charophyta and embryophyte plants, together making up the Virdiplantae.

References

Lewis, L.A, McCourt, R.M. (2004) Green algae and the origin of land plants. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 91 (10): 1535-1556 OCT

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