Translingual

Proper noun

Chlorophyta

1. The green algae, variously classified and circumscribed, including:
   1. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae.
   2. A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Viridiplantae.
   3. A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Chlorophyta.

Hypernyms

• (infrakingdom): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (division): Bryopsidophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Pedinophyceae, Pleurastrophyceae, Prasinophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae, Ulvophyceae - classes
  • For alternative inclusions see Chlorophyta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (infrakingdom): Chlorophyta - sole phylum
• (phylum): Chlorophytina, Prasinophytina - subphyla
  • Chlorodendrophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Mamiellophyceae, Nephrophyceae, Pedinophyceae, Pyramimonadophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae, Ulvophyceae  - classes; Asphaltinella, Chloremys, Chlorolepus, Ovillaria, Paramastix, Picocystis, Pseudostichococcus, Smithsoniella, Sphaerosiphon, Uvella - genera incertae sedis within phylum Chlorophyta

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521