Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta

Charophyta Cavalier-Smith

Rank: Division
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Charophyceae Rabenhorst, 1863
Coleochaetophyceae
Conjugatophyceae
Klebsormidiophyceae C. van den Hoek, D.G. Mann & H.M. Jahns, 1995
Zygnematophyceae Round ex Guiry

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: kranswieren
 English: brittleworts; freshwater green algae; stoneworts

Literature

basis of record

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0119248.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Charophyta. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368664

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2012-10-15 by Dennis Gordon

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