Zygnematophyceae
| Zygnematophyceae | |
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| Spirogyra green algae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Kingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Charophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae Round, 1971 |
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Zygnematophyceae is a class of green algae in the division Charophyta.[2] It contains two orders: Zygnematales and Desmidiales. From all the Charophyta, the Zygnematophyceae are considered to represent the closest relatives to land plants.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Guiry, M.D. (2013). Taxonomy and nomenclature of the Conjugatophyceae (=Zygnematophyceae). Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 28: 1-29.
- ↑ Gontcharov AA, Marin B, Melkonian M (March 2004). "Are combined analyses better than single gene phylogenies? A case study using SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons in the Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta)". Mol. Biol. Evol. 21 (3): 612–24. doi:10.1093/molbev/msh052. PMID 14739253.
- ↑ Wickett, Norman J.; Mirarab, Siavash; Nguyen, Nam; Warnow, Tandy; Carpenter, Eric; Matasci, Naim; Ayyampalayam, Saravanaraj; Barker, Michael S.; Burleigh, J. Gordon (2014-11-11). "Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (45): E4859–E4868. doi:10.1073/pnas.1323926111. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4234587. PMID 25355905.
- ↑ Vries, Jan de; Stanton, Amanda; Archibald, John M.; Gould, Sven B. (2016-02-16). "Streptophyte Terrestrialization in Light of Plastid Evolution". Trends in Plant Science 0 (0). doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2016.01.021. ISSN 1360-1385.
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