Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Chloroplastida – Green Plants

Main Groups of Green Plants

<==o Chloroplastida Adl et al., 2005 comb. nov. [Viridiplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981; Chlorobionta Jeffrey, 1982, emend. Bremer, 1985, emend. Lewis & McCourt, 2004; Chlorobiota Kendrick & Crane, 1997] (vihreät kasvit; green plants)
   |-- PRASINOPHYTA [Prasinophyceae]
   |--+--o ULVOPHYCEAE [Ulvales]
   |  |  |-- Capsosiphonaceae
   |  |  |-- Percursariaceae
   |  |  |-- Ulvaceae
   |  |  |-- Monostromataceae
   |  |  `-- Gomontiaceae
   |  `--+-- TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE
   |     `-- CHLOROPHYCEAE [Volvocida] (ruskolevät; brown algae, kelp)
   `--o STREPTOPHYTA
      |--o CHLOROKYBALES
      |  `-- Chlorokybaceae*
      `--+--o KLEBSORMIDIALES
         |  |-- Klebsormidiaceae
         |  `-- Elakatotrichaceae
         `--+--o ZYGNEMATALES
            |  |--o ZYGNEMATINEAE
            |  |  |-- Zygnemataceae 
            |  |  `-- Mesotaeniaceae 
            |  `--o DESMIDIINEAE
            |     |-- Desmidiaceae 
            |     `--+-- Peniaceae 
            |        |-- Closteriaceae 
            |        `-- Gonatozygaceae 
            `--+--o CHARALES [Charophyceae]
               |  `--o Characeae
               |     |--+-- Tolypella
               |     |  `-- Nitella
               |     `--+-- Lychnothamnus
               |        |-- Nitellopsis
               |        `--+-- Lamprothamnium
               |           `-- Chara
               `--+==o COLEOCHAETALES [paraphyletic]
                  |  |?- Chaetosiphonaceae
                  |  |?- Cylindrocapsaceae
                  |  |?- Cylindrocapsopsidaceae
                  |  |?- Jaoaceae
                  |  |?- Coelodiscaceae
                  |  |?- Radiofilaceae
                  |  |?- Marvaniaceae
                  |  |?- Wittrockiellaceae
                  |  |-- Chaetosphaeridiaceae
                  |  `-- Coleochaetaceae
                  `-- EMBRYOPHYTA (maakasvit)


Reference(s):

   McCourt, R. M., Chapman, R. L.,
Buchheim, M. A. & Mishler, B. D., 1996-1998: Green Plants 
–iNet: The Tree of Life: http://tolweb.org/tree/eukaryotes/greenplants/greenplants.htm