Charophyceae is a class of charophytegreen algae. AlgaeBase places it in division Charophyta.[1] Extant (living) species are placed in a single order Charales,[2] commonly known as "stoneworts" and "brittleworts". Fossil members of the class may be placed in separate orders, e.g. Sycidiales and Trochiliscales.[1]
Charophyceae is basal in the Phragmoplastophyta clade which contains the embryophytes (land plants).[3][4][5] In 2018, the first nuclear genome sequence from a species belonging to the Charophyceae was published: that of Chara braunii.[6]
^ abcdGuiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Charophyceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-20.