Translingual

Zygnemetales green algae

Proper noun

Zygnematales

1. The conjugating green algae, usually found in fresh water, the extant algae most closely related to flowering plants
   1. A taxonomic order within the division Charophyta.
   2. A taxonomic order within the class Conjugatophyceae.^[1]

Hypernyms

• (order in Conjugatophyceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Charophyta - superphylum; Charophyta - phylum; Conjugatophyceae - class^[1]

Hyponyms

• (order in division Charophyta): Closteriaceae, Peniaceae, Zygnemataceae - families
• (order in class Conjugatophyceae): Mesotaeniaceae, Zygnemataceae - families^[1]

References

1. 1 2 3 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