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Mesostigmatophyceae

Mesostigmatophyceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Archaeplastida
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
(unranked): Streptophyta
Division: Charophyta
Class: Mesostigmatophyceae
Marin & Melkonian, 1999
Order: Mesostigmatales Cavalier-Smith 1998
Family: Mesostigmataceae Moestrup & Throndsen 1988
Genus: Mesostigma Lauterborn 1894 emend. McCourt 2005
Species
  • M. grande Korshikov 1938
  • M. viride Lauterborn 1894

The Mesostigmatophyceae are a monotypic class of green algae found within the division charophyta that contains two species.

Earlier studies were unable to resolve the position of the species, and it was often placed as a sister to all other green algae, as one of the basal members of the Streptophyta, or as close to Chaetosphaeridium. More recent studies agree that Mesostigma and Chlorokybus form a clade, being the earliest diverging charophytes.



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