Belongs within: Diaphoretickes.
Contains: Pedinophyceae, Chlorodendrophyceae, Tetraphytae, Mamiellophyceae, Pyramimonas.
The Chlorophyta are a major group of green algae including both unicellular and multicellular lineages, with most representatives being aquatic. Plastid thylakoids may be single or stacked, and glycolate dehydrogenase is present. Cell division does not involve a phragmoplast (Adl et al. 2019).
Basal lineages include the Palmophyllophyceae, marine species found as solitary forms or colonies (Adl et al. 2019).
<==Chlorophyta [Micromonadophyceae, Nephrophyceae, Nephroselmidaceae, Prasinophytae, Pterospermatales]
|--+--Nephroselmis Stein 1878L-BC03, AS12 [Nephroselmidophyceae]
| | |--N. pyriformisM12
| | `--+--N. astigmaticaM12
| | `--N. olivaceaM12
| `--+--Picocystis [Picocystophyceae]M12
| | `--P. salinarumM12
| `--+--Pycnococcaceae [Pseudoscourfieldiaceae, Pseudoscourfieldiales]L-BC03
| | |--Pycnococcus provasoliiM12
| | `--Pseudoscourfieldia Manton 1975L-BC03, EB93
| | `--P. marinaL-BC03
| `--+--PedinophyceaeM12
| `--+--ChlorodendrophyceaeM12
| `--TetraphytaeM12
|--PalmophyllophyceaeAB19
| |--PrasinococcalesAB19
| | |--Prasinococcus capsulatusM12
| | `--Prasinoderma colonialeAB19, M12
| `--PalmophyllalesAS12
| |--Palmophyllum crassumAS12, PP64
| |--PalmoclathrusAS12
| `--VerdigellasAS12
`--+--MamiellophyceaeM12
`--PyramimonadalesM12
| i. s.: Cymbomonas tetramitiformisAB19, MS95
|--PyramimonasWM14
|--HalosphaeraceaeEB93
| |--Hyalophysa Cleve 1900EB93
| `--Halosphaera Schmitz 1878AB19, EB93
| |--H. minorMS95
| `--H. viridisB26
`--PterospermataceaeEB93
|--Pachysphaera Ostenfeld 1899EB93
|--‘Sphaeropsis’ Meunier 1910 nec Lév. 1842 nec Saccardo 1880EB93
`--Pterosperma Pouchet 1893AB19, FT93
`--P. cristatumOC09
Chlorophyta incertae sedis:
Tetrastrum Chodat 1895M70b
|--T. multisetumM70b
`--T. staurogeniaeforme (Schroder) Lemmermann 1895M70b
Sorastrum Kutzing 1845M70b
`--S. spinulosum Nageli 1849M70b
Richteriella Lemmermann 1898M70b
`--R. botryoides (Schmidle) Lemmermann 1898M70b
Lagerheimia (De Toni) Chodat 1895M70b
`--L. longiseta (Lemmermann) Printz 1914 [=Chodatella longiseta]M70b
Errerella Conrad 1913M70b
`--E. bornhemiensis Conrad 1913M70b
Golenkinia Chodat 1894M70b
`--G. radiata (Chodat) Wille 1911M70b
Micractinium Fresenius 1858M70a
`--M. quadrisetum (Lemmermann) Smith 1916M70a
CalcipateraT97
Tubulistroma Vologdin 1962G79
`--*T. scrofulosum Vologdin 1962G79
PaulschulziaKM01
Zygomitus reticulatesL10
Kornmannia leptodermaL10
Chloraster Ehrenberg 1848EB93
Stephanoptera Dangeard 1910EB93
LaerosphaeridiaceaeEB93
|--Protoleiosphaeridium Timofeev 1966EB93
|--Zonosphaeridium Timofeev 1969EB93
|--Polyedrosphaeridium Timofeev 1966EB93
| `--P. bullatum Timofeev 1966E93
`--Trachysphaeridium Timofeev 1966EB93
`--T. decorumT84
Bipedinomonas Carter 1937EB93
Tasmanites Newton 1875H75 [TasmanitaceaeEB93]
Cymatiosphaera [Cymatiosphaeraceae, Herkomorphitae]EB93
`--C. postiiEB93
Pterosphaeridia Mädler 1963 [Pterosphaeridiaceae]EB93
PterospermellaceaeEB93
ChloropicophyceaeAB19
|--ChloroparvulaAB19
`--ChloropiconAB19
Globulina Link 1820KC01
Microglena Ehrenb. 1831KC01
Rhodochytrium Lagerh. 1893KC01
*Type species of generic name indicated
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