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Chlorophyta
Rhodophyta
Glaucophyta
Cyanobacterium
These algae have primary chloroplasts, i.e. the chloroplasts are surrounded by two membranes and probably developed through a single endosymbiotic event.

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)
  
Chloroplast a photosynthetic organelle in plant and protista cells
(chloro = green; plasti = formed‚ molded)
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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 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.

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Closterium genus of Desmids in Kingdom Protista; Division Chlorophyta which bear a gypsum-containing vacuole at each tip of their cells
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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: Plant, Cells, Algae, Chloroplast, Organ