Palmophyllophyceae

Palmophyllophyceae
Palmophyllum crassum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Prasinodermophyta
Class: Palmophyllophyceae
Leliaert et al. 2016
Orders
Synonyms

The Palmophyllophyceae are a class of green algae consisting of the Palmophyllales and Prasinococcales.

It belongs to Prasinodermophyta, a group that – according to Li et al.'s phylogenetic analyses – is basal to the rest of the Viridiplantae (that is, the group of all green algae, from which land plants evolved, also known as "green plants").

Viridiplantae