Zygnematophyceae

Zygnematophyceae
Conjugation in Spirogyra.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Zygnematophyceae
Round, 1971
Subclasses
Synonyms[1]
  • Akontae Blackman & Tansley, 1902
  • Conjugatophyceae Engler, 1892
  • 'Conjugatae' Engler, 1892
  • Gamophyceae
  • Saccodermae Pascher ex Kossinskaja, 1952
  • Zygnemaphyceae Round 1971
  • Zygophyceae Widder, 1960

Zygnematophyceae (or Conjugatophyceae) is a class of green algae in the paraphylum streptophyte algae, also referred to as Charophyta,[2] consisting of more than 4000 described species.[3] The Zygnematophyceae are the sister clade of the Embryophyta (land plants).[4][5][6]

Common members of the Zygnematophyceae include the filamentous algae Spirogyra and Mougeotia, as well as desmids, which are microscopic algae characterized by symmetrical and elaborately ornate cells.[7]

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