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- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thedivision Chlorophyta — thegreen algae .
Etymologies
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Latin chlorus, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (chloros, "yellow-green"), + -phyceae
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The arctic soil and wetland microflora is composed mainly of species from Cyanobacteria, Chrysophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Charophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Zygnemaphyceae.
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009
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GSII sequences were isolated from four species of green algae (Trebouxiophyceae), and additional green algal (Chlorophyceae and Prasinophytae) and streptophyte (Charales,
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