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- proper noun A taxonomic
division within thekingdom Plantae — thegreen algae .
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- noun 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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Along the shore are ceiba and banana and ficus, and bright emerald clusters of sea lettuce (Chlorophyta), water hyacinth, giant mango trees, the fruit tree called poponjoche, and the bright-blossomed national flower, the Sacuanjocheink.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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Along the shore are ceiba and banana and ficus, and bright emerald clusters of sea lettuce (Chlorophyta), water hyacinth, giant mango trees, the fruit tree called poponjoche, and the bright-blossomed national flower, the Sacuanjocheink.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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Along the shore are ceiba and banana and ficus, and bright emerald clusters of sea lettuce (Chlorophyta), water hyacinth, giant mango trees, the fruit tree called poponjoche, and the bright-blossomed national flower, the Sacuanjocheink.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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Along the shore are ceiba and banana and ficus, and bright emerald clusters of sea lettuce (Chlorophyta), water hyacinth, giant mango trees, the fruit tree called poponjoche, and the bright-blossomed national flower, the Sacuanjocheink.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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Along the shore are ceiba and banana and ficus, and bright emerald clusters of sea lettuce Chlorophyta, water hyacinth, giant mango trees, the fruit tree called poponjoche, and the bright-blossomed national flower, the Sacuanjocheink.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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More than 80 species of green (Chlorophyta), brown (Phaeophyta) and red (Rhodophyta) algae have been identified at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
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Noncorrespondence of breeding groups, morphology and monophyletic groups in Spirogyra Zygnemataceae; Chlorophyta and the application of species concepts.
Yet another controversy - the Intelligent Deceiver - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Amongst the Green Algae (or the Chlorophyta), the biologically active members include species of the genera Codium, Halimeda, Ulva, Cladophoropsis Caulerpa and
Chapter 7 1991
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In this study, the phototactic behavior in the spheroidal, multicellular volvocine green alga Volvox rousseletii (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) was analyzed.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Noriko Ueki 2010
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Foraminiferans Kingdom "uncertain" (Foraminifera) Mainly macroscopic and multicellular • Brown algae Stramenopila (Phaeophyta) • Red algae Rhodophyta Many single celled and macroscopic species • Green algae Chlorophyta Of these eight photosynthetic groups, only the green algae have colonized and become well established in terrestrial environments.
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