Chlorophyta The taxonomic division that contains what are commonly called the green algae. PICTURE ...
Chlorophyta Division within Kingdom Prostist commonly known as the Green Algae
(chloro = green; phyta‚ phyto = plant) ...
Chlorophyta
the green algae, which constitute the largest division of algae. They are terrestrial, found in damp places, such as tree trunks, in fresh water, and in the marine environment.
Chlorophyta, the "Green Algae"
What I grew up referring to as the green algae is not a real taxonomic group: it is a paraphyletic group in need to separation.
Chlorophyta
Charophyta
Land plants (embryophytes)
Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes) ...
Chlorophyta A division of protists commonly referred to as the green algae. May be unicellular, multicellular, or coenocytic.
chloroplast A plastid containing chlorophyll and usually other pigments, found in cytoplasm of plant cells.
[learned behavior] [immunodeficiency virus (SIV)] Chitin[inhibitors as insecticides] Chlamydia Chloracne Chlorinated hydrocarbons, as insecticides Chlorination of water supplies Chlorofluorohydrocarbons (CFCs) and ozone layer Chlorophyll Chlorophyta ...
The algae are further grouped into various phyla: Euglenophyta (euglenids), Chrysophyta (diatoms), Pyrrophyta (dinoflaggelates), Chlorophyta (green algae), Phaeophyta (brown algae), and Rhodophyta (red algae).
Examples: Diplomonads, Parabasalids, Euglenoids, Kinetoplastids, Ciliates, Dinoflagellates, Apicomplexans, Oomycetes, Diatoms, Brown algae, red algae, Chlorophyta, Plants, Fungi, Animals, Choanoflagellates
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W. Hoshaw. 1990. Noncorrespondence of breeding groups, morphology and monophyletic groups in Spirogyra (Zygnemataceae; Chlorophyta) and the application of species concepts. Systematic Botany. 15:69-78.
 See also: Algae, Plant, Organ, Cells, Life
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