220.00.00 CharophytaNames: Charophytae; Green algae
TaxonomyCharophyta make a paraphyletic group because they exclude the embryophytes, the land plants.
Charophyta plus the embryophytes make up the Streptophyta, which is a monophyletic group.
Orders1.
Charales, stoneworts.
2. Coleochaetales: parenchymous charophyte algae; Chaetosphaeridium, Coleochaete.
3. Desmidiales: Closteriaceae, Desmidiaceae, Gonatozygaceae, Peniaceae.
4. Klebsormidiales: Klebsormidiaceae: Chlorokybus, Entransia, Hormidiella, Klebsormidium, Mesostigmatales: Mesostigma viride is a species of freshwater green algae.
5. Zygnematales:
Mesotaeniaceae
Zygnemataceae: Ancylonema, Cylindrocystis, Debarya, Entransia, Mesotaenium, Mougeotia, Mougeotiopsis, Netrium, Pleurodiscus, Roya, Sirogonium, Spirogyra, Tortitaenia, Zygnema, Zygogonium