Charophyceae
Charophyceae is a class of charophyte green algae. AlgaeBase places it in division Charophyta. Extant (living) species are placed in a single order Charales, commonly known as "stoneworts" and "brittleworts". Fossil members of the class may be placed in separate orders, e.g. Sycidiales and Trochiliscales.
| Charophyceae | |
|---|---|
| Chara fragilis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| (unranked): | Charophyta |
| Class: | Charophyceae Rabenhorst |
| Orders | |
Charophyceae is basal in the Phragmoplastophyta clade which contains the embryophytes (land plants). In 2018, the first nuclear genome sequence from a species belonging to the Charophyceae was published: that of Chara braunii.
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