The Mesostigmatophyceae are a class of basal
green algae
The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...
found in freshwater.
In a narrow
circumscription, the class contains a single genus, ''
Mesostigma''.
AlgaeBase
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History
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then places the class within its circumscription of
Charophyta.
A clade containing ''
Chlorokybus'' and ''
Spirotaenia'' may either be added,
or treated as a sister, with ''Chlorokybus'' placed in a separate class, Chlorokybophyceae.
When broadly circumscribed, Mesostigmatophyceae may be placed as sister to all other green algae, or as sister to all
Streptophyta.
References
External links
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AlgaTerra databaseIndex Nominum Genericorum
Green algae classes
Charophyta
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