The CAM clade is a clade containing the

Archaeplastida The Archaeplastida (or kingdom Plantae '' sensu lato'' "in a broad sense"; pronounced ) are a major group of eukaryotes, comprising the photoautotrophic red algae (Rhodophyta), green algae, land plants, and the minor group glaucophytes. It als ...

(

Plantae Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria to produce sugars fro ...

''sensu lato'') and the clade

Pancryptista Pancryptista is a clade that includes the Cryptista as well as the ''Microheliella''. Phylogenomic analyses from 2022 suggest the ''Microheliella'' is sister to the Cryptista, forming the clade called Pancryptista, which would be sister to the ...

(which, in turn, contains

Cryptista Cryptista is a clade of alga-like eukaryotes. It is most likely related to Archaeplastida which includes plants and many algae, within the larger group Diaphoretickes. Other characteristic features of cryptophyte mtDNAs include large syntenic ...

and ''Microheliella maris''). This clade is supported by

phylogenomic Phylogenomics is the intersection of the fields of evolution and genomics. The term has been used in multiple ways to refer to analysis that involves genome data and evolutionary reconstructions. It is a group of techniques within the larger fields ...

analyses from 2022 that mainly support the clade Pancryptista, but also mention that its closest lineage is Archaeplastida, making them sister taxa. Together, they form the clade "CAM", which stands for the constituent clades (

, Archaeplastida, and ''

Microheliella ''Microheliella'' () is a monotypic genus of protists containing the sole species ''M. maris'', first described in 2012. It has a variety of unusual morphological characteristics which make its broader classification difficult. These include a ce ...

'').

Classification

The following cladogram shows the placement of the subclades within CAM:

References

Diaphoretickes taxa Eukaryote taxa {{Eukaryote-stub