Chlorophytina

Chlorophytina
	Composite image to illustrate the diversity of Chlorophytina. Top left: Ulva. Top right: Caulerpa. Bottom left: Bornetella. Bottom right: Dictyosphaeria.
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Subphylum:	Chlorophytina
Classes
	Chlorodendrophyceae Massjuk 2006; Chlorophyceae Wille; Trebouxiophyceae Friedl 1995; Ulvophyceae K.R.Mattox & K.D.Stewart 1984; Pedinophyceae;

Chlorophytina is a subphylum within Chlorophyta and includes five classes.^[2]^[3] It contains the more well-known green algae and is characterized by the presence of phycoplasts.

Taxonomy

Below is a consensus reconstruction of green algal relationships, mainly based on molecular data. Molecular phylogenies do not always agree on the position of species within Pedinophyceae.^[4]^[5]

Viridiplantae = green algae (incl. Embryophyta)

Chlorophyta

Chlorophytina

	Ulvophyceae Mattox & Stewart 1984

	Chlorophyceae Christensen 1994

Trebouxiophyceae Friedl 1995

Chlorodendrophyceae Massjuk 2006

Pedinophyceae Moestrup 1991

Prasinophytes Clade VIIA

	Prasinophytes Clade VIIC

	Pycnococcaceae

Nephroselmidophyceae

	Mamiellophyceae Marin & Melkonian 2010

	Pyramimonadales

Palmophyllophyceae

Streptophyta = Charophyta (incl. Embryophyta)

References

^ Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=142048 ; searched on 25 April 2018.
^ Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998-08-01). "A revised six-kingdom system of life". Biological Reviews. 73 (3): 203–266. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1998.tb00030.x. ISSN 1469-185X. PMID 9809012. S2CID 6557779.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chlorophytina". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
^ Leliaert, Frederik; Tronholm, Ana; Lemieux, Claude; Turmel, Monique; DePriest, Michael S.; Bhattacharya, Debashish; Karol, Kenneth G.; Fredericq, Suzanne; Zechman, Frederick W. (2016-05-09). "Chloroplast phylogenomic analyses reveal the deepest-branching lineage of the Chlorophyta, Palmophyllophyceae class. nov". Scientific Reports. 6: 25367. doi:10.1038/srep25367. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4860620. PMID 27157793.
^ Marin, Birger (2012-09-01). "Nested in the Chlorellales or Independent Class? Phylogeny and Classification of the Pedinophyceae (Viridiplantae) Revealed by Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses of Complete Nuclear and Plastid-encoded rRNA Operons". Protist. 163 (5): 778–805. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.11.004. ISSN 1434-4610.

[AB-1] Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=142048 ; searched on 25 April 2018.

[2] Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998-08-01). "A revised six-kingdom system of life". Biological Reviews. 73 (3): 203–266. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1998.tb00030.x. ISSN 1469-185X. PMID 9809012. S2CID 6557779.

[3] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chlorophytina". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-09-30.

[:02-4] Leliaert, Frederik; Tronholm, Ana; Lemieux, Claude; Turmel, Monique; DePriest, Michael S.; Bhattacharya, Debashish; Karol, Kenneth G.; Fredericq, Suzanne; Zechman, Frederick W. (2016-05-09). "Chloroplast phylogenomic analyses reveal the deepest-branching lineage of the Chlorophyta, Palmophyllophyceae class. nov". Scientific Reports. 6: 25367. doi:10.1038/srep25367. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4860620. PMID 27157793.

[5] Marin, Birger (2012-09-01). "Nested in the Chlorellales or Independent Class? Phylogeny and Classification of the Pedinophyceae (Viridiplantae) Revealed by Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses of Complete Nuclear and Plastid-encoded rRNA Operons". Protist. 163 (5): 778–805. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.11.004. ISSN 1434-4610.

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Chlorophytina

Composite image to illustrate the diversity of Chlorophytina. Top left: Ulva. Top right: Caulerpa. Bottom left: Bornetella. Bottom right: Dictyosphaeria.
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Subphylum:	Chlorophytina
Classes^[1]
Chlorodendrophyceae Massjuk 2006 Chlorophyceae Wille Trebouxiophyceae Friedl 1995 Ulvophyceae K.R.Mattox & K.D.Stewart 1984 Pedinophyceae