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Chlorophyta
Chlorophyta , phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista consisting of the photosynthetic organisms commonly known as green algae . The organisms are largely aquatic or marine. The various species can be unicellular, multicellular, coenocytic (having more than one nucleus in a cell), or colonial. ... Read more
Chlorophyta
Chlorophyta , phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista consisting of the photosynthetic organisms commonly known as green algae . The organisms are largely aquatic or marine. The various species can be unicellular, multicellular, coenocytic (having more than one nucleus in a cell), or colonial. ... Read more
desmid
desmid a protist of the class Charophyceae (see Chlorophyta ). ... Read more
green algae
green algae Large group of marine and freshwater algae (phylum Chlorophyta). They are distinct from other algae by virtue of possessing cup-shaped chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll b, and by producing cells with flagella at some stage in their lives. Green algae range in size from microscopic s... Read more
Euglenophyta
Euglenophyta , small phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista , consisting of mostly unicellular aquatic algae . Most live in freshwater; many have flagella and are motile. The outer part of the cell consists of a firm but flexible layer called a pellicle, or periplast, which cannot properly be c... Read more
algae
algae [plural of Lat. alga =seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that lack true roots, stems, leaves, and flowers). More recently, most alg... Read more
seaweed
seaweed name commonly used for the multicellular marine algae . Simpler forms, consisting of one cell (e.g., the diatom ) or of a few cells, are not generally called seaweeds; these tiny plants help to make up plankton. The more highly developed types of seaweed usually have a basal disk, called ... Read more

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Chlorophyta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Chlorophyta , phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista consisting of the photosynthetic...accepted that early chlorophytes gave rise to the plants. Cells of the Chlorophyta contain organelles called chloroplasts in which photosynthesis occurs...
Plant
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...million years ago, probably from the Chlorophyta, or green algae. Both groups use chlorophyll...increasing dominance of the sporophyte. Chlorophyta (green algae), the ancestors of land...have a more elaborate sporophyte than Chlorophyta, although their gametophyte is still...
Algae
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...light when exposed to air, which at night look like fire on the ocean's surface. Green algae (Chlorophyta). The green algae, or Chlorophyta, occur in freshwater, although some live in the sea. Most green algae are single-celled and...
stonewort
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition stonewort see Chlorophyta .
sea lettuce
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition sea lettuce common name for algal species of the genus Ulva. See seaweed ; Chlorophyta .
desmid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition desmid a protist of the class Charophyceae (see Chlorophyta ).
Euglenophyta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...wall. Some euglenoids contain chloroplasts that contain the photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll a and b, as in the phylum Chlorophyta ; others are heterotrophic and can ingest or absorb their food. Food is stored as a polysaccharide, paramylon. Reproduction...
green algae
Book article from: World Encyclopedia green algae Large group of marine and freshwater algae (phylum Chlorophyta). They are distinct from other algae by virtue of possessing cup-shaped chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll b, and by producing...
Lichens
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...are usually species of Ascomycetes, or a few Basidiomycetes. The usual algal partners are either species of green algae Chlorophyta or blue-green bacteria of the family Cyanophyceae. In general, the fungal partner cannot live without its phycobiont...
seaweed
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...simplest of the seaweeds are among the cyanobacteria , formerly called the blue-green algae, and green algae (division Chlorophyta ), found nearest the shore in shallow waters and usually growing as threadlike filaments, irregular sheets, or branching...

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Chlorophyta
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Chlorophyta (green algae ) A division of algae which are typically green in colour...The classification of the green algae is controversial. The division Chlorophyta is sometimes regarded as containing only 2 classes (Chlorophyceae and...
charophytes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences ...although some species are found in brackish water. Charophytes are sometimes included in a class within the division Chlorophyta and sometimes as a distinct division (Charophyta). Genera include Chara and Nitella . See also STONEWORT .
Chlamydomonas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Chlamydomonas (division Chlorophyta ) A genus of unicellular green algae in which each cell contains a single nucleus and a chloroplast the shape of which varies with...
green algae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences green algae The common name for algae of the division Chlorophyta . Not all members are green; e.g., members of the genera Trentepohlia and Cephaleuros may be orange.
Trentepohlia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Trentepohlia (division Chlorophyta ) A genus of algae in which the thallus is typically bright orange and minutely filamentous, resembling orange velvet to the naked eye. It is found on rocks, leaves, tree bark, etc.; also as the phycobiont in certain lichens .
Rhodophyceae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...colour, whose basic shape is filamentous or membranaceous. They tend to occur at greater depths than the green algae ( Chlorophyta ) and they are among the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae, known from the Cambrian upwards. Epiphyton (Cambrian to Devonian...
seaweed
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences seaweed The common name for a macroscopic marine alga . Seaweeds belong to the groups Rhaeophyta (brown seaweeds), Rhodophyta (red seaweeds), and Chlorophyta (green seaweeds).
gonidium
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences ...bacteria of the family Leucotrichaceae. 3. A non-motile spore released by some cyanobacteria . 4. In some green algae ( Chlorophyta ), a vegetative cell that enlarges and undergoes division. In Volvox it may be suspended in the hollow interior of the...
Scenedesmus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Scenedesmus (division Chlorophyta ) A genus of microscopic green algae in which the (non- motile ) cells occur adjacent to one another in coenobia , the number of cells per coenobium being a multiple of 2, typically 4 or 8. They are very common in all types of aquatic habitat.
trichogyne
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences trichogyne An extension, often hair-like, from the female gametangium that receives the male gamete or nucleus prior to fertilization . It is found in certain green and red algae ( Chlorophyta and Rhodophyta ), ascomycetes , and lichens .

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Metal content of Klesormidium-dominated (chlorophyta) algal mats from acid mine drainage waters in southeastern Ohio
Magazine article from: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...content of Klebsormidium-dominated (Chlorophyta) algal mats from acid mine drainage...content of Klebsormidium-dominated (Chlorophyta) algal mats from acid mine drainage...words: acid mine drainage, aluminum, Chlorophyta, iron, Klebsormidium, manganese...
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Plant-parasitic algae (Chlorophyta: Trentepohliales) in American Samoa (1).
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Studies on uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase from Chlorella kessleri (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta).
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Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ABSTRACT- Dimorphosiphon talbotorum n. sp. from the Upper Ordovician Bighorn Dolomite of Wyoming is an ancient representative of the erect skeleton-building green algae. Circumstantial evidence indicates that the original skeletal material was aragonite. If so, D. talbotorum and its Ordovician
CAULERPA PROLIFERA (CHLOROPHYTA: CAULERPACEAE) FROM THE LAGUNA MADRE OF SOUTH TEXAS.
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Re-occurrence of the tropical green macroalga, Penicillus capitatus (Chlorophyta: Bryopsidales), in the Lower Laguna Madre of south Texas.(GENERAL NOTES)(Report)
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Functional morphology and evolution of early Paleozoic dasycladalean algae (Chlorophyta)
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Mitochondrial Genome Sequence Evolution in Chlamydomonas
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