Chlorophyceae

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Translingual

Pediastrum duplex (order Chlorococcales)

Etymology

From Latin chlorus (from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “yellow-green”)) +‎ -phyceae.

Proper noun

Chlorophyceae

Certain of the green algae
1. A taxonomic class within the division Chlorophyta.
2. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Chlorophytina.^[1]

Hypernyms

(class in Chlorophytina): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Chlorophyta – infrakingdom; Chlorophyta – phylum; Chlorophytina - subphylum

Hyponyms

(class): Acrosiphoniales, Caulerpales, Chaetophorales, Chlamydomodales, Chlorococcales, Chlorocystidales, Codiales, Dunalliellales, Microsporales, Oedogoniales, Phaeophilales, Tetrasporales, Volvocales (orders)

References

Chlorophyceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chlorophyceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Chlorophyceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Chlorophyceae placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
Chlorophyceae at the Tree of Life Web Project

^ 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

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