chlorophyta

1. Large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls;
   Classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae;
   Obviously ancestral to land plants (synset 101409706)
   is a type of: division - (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
   member holonym:

   • chlorophyceae, class chlorophyceae - algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments
   • chlorophyte, green algae - algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
   • class ulvophyceae, ulvophyceae - alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications
   • charophyceae, class charophyceae - in some classifications: contains only the order Charales
   belongs to: kingdom protoctista, protoctista - in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
   same as: division chlorophyta

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