Viridiplantae (literally "green plants") are a clade
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A clade is a term used in modern alpha taxonomy, the scientific classification of living and fossil org
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Viridiplantae (literally "green plants") are a clade
Clade
A clade is a term used in modern alpha taxonomy, the scientific classification of living and fossil organisms, to describe a monophyletic group, defined as a group consisting of a single common ancestor and all its descendants.The term "monophyletic group" is used in this article in the conventional sense of "an a... comprising the green algae and embryophyte
Embryophyte
The embryophytes are the most familiar group of plants. They include trees, flowers, ferns, mosses, and various other green land plants. All are complex multicellular eukaryotes with specialized reproductive organs.... plants.
In some classification systems they have been treated as a kingdom
Kingdom (biology)
In Biology taxonomy, kingdom or regnum is a taxonomic rank in either the highest rank, or the Rank below domain . Each kingdom is divided into smaller groups called Phylum .... , under various names, e.g. Viridiplantae, Chlorobionta, or simply Plantae.
The red algae are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae, and also one of the largest, with about 5,000?6,000 species of mostly multicellular, ocean algae, including many notable seaweeds.... and glaucophyte
Glaucophyte
The glaucophytes, also known as glaucocystophytes or glaucocystids, are a small group of freshwater microscopic algae. Together with the red algae and Viridiplantae they form the Archaeplastida.... s, Viridaeplantae are thought to belong to a larger clade called Primoplantae or Archaeplastida
Archaeplastida
The Archaeplastida or Primoplantae are a major line of eukaryotes, comprising the embryophytes, green alga and red algae, and a small group called the glaucophytes.... .
Chlorophyta, a division of green algae, includes about 7000 species of mostly Aquatic ecosystem photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. Like the land plants , green algae contain chlorophylls a and b, and store food as starch in their plastids.... and Streptophyta are classified under Viridiplantae.
