Zygnematophyceae

Zygnematophyceae

Spirogyra green algae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Charophyta
Class:	Zygnematophyceae
Orders
Zygnematales Desmidiales

Zygnematophyceae is an class of green algae.^[1] It contains two orders: Zygnematales and Desmidiales.

References

^ Gontcharov AA, Marin B, Melkonian M (March 2004). "Are combined analyses better than single gene phylogenies? A case study using SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons in the Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta)". Mol. Biol. Evol. 21 (3): 612–24. doi:10.1093/molbev/msh052. PMID 14739253. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=14739253.

Classification of Archaeplastida / Plantae sensu lato

Cyanidiophyceae · Porphyridiophyceae · Compsopogonophyceae · Stylonematophyceae · Rhodellophyceae · Bangiophyceae · Florideophyceae (Hildenbrandiales, Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Batrachospermales, Corallinales, Gelidiales, Gracilariales, Ceramiales)

Glaucocystophyceae

Glaucocystis · Cyanophora · Gloeochaete

Viridiplantae/
Plantae
sensu stricto

UTC clade: Ulvophyceae · Trebouxiophyceae · Chlorophyceae

Charales · Coleochaetales · Desmidiales · Klebsormidiales · Mesostigmatales · Zygnematales

Embryophyta/
Plantae
sensu strictissimo

Bryophytes
(non-vascular)

Marchantiophyta · Anthocerotophyta · Bryophyta "Moss" · Horneophytopsida

Lycopodiophyta	Isoetopsida (Isoetales, Selaginellales) · Lycopodiopsida (Lycopodiales)

Euphyllophyta	Moniliformopses (Equisetopsida, Filicopsida, Psilotopsida) Spermatophyta: Gymnosperm (Pinophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Gnetophyta) · Magnoliophyta

See also: list of plant orders