Chlorophyta
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”) + -ophyta
Proper noun
Chlorophyta
- The green algae, variously classified and circumscribed, including:
- A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae.
- A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Viridiplantae.[1]
- A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Chlorophyta.[1]
Hypernyms
- (infrakingdom): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom[1]
Hyponyms
- (division): Bryopsidophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Pedinophyceae, Pleurastrophyceae, Prasinophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae, Ulvophyceae - classes
- For alternative inclusions see
Chlorophyta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- For alternative inclusions see
- (infrakingdom): Chlorophyta - sole phylum[1]
- (phylum): Chlorophytina, Prasinophytina - subphyla[1]
- Chlorodendrophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Mamiellophyceae, Nephrophyceae, Pedinophyceae, Pyramimonadophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae, Ulvophyceae - classes; Asphaltinella, Chloremys, Chlorolepus, Ovillaria, Paramastix, Picocystis, Pseudostichococcus, Smithsoniella, Sphaerosiphon, Uvella - genera incertae sedis within phylum Chlorophyta[1]
References
- Chlorophyta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chlorophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Chlorophyta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Chlorophyta placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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