Glaucophyta

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós) + -phyta

Proper noun

Glaucophyta

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Plantae – rare freshwater microscopic algae of special interest because they may be similar to the organisms ancestral to both plants and more common algae.

Synonyms

(phylum): Glaucocystophyta

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Biliphyta - subkingdom[1]

Hyponyms

(phylum): Glaucophyceae - sole class; Glaucocystales - sole order;[1] Glaucocystaceae - sole family

Coordinate terms

(phylum in Biliphyta): Rhodophyta[1]

See also

Archaeplastida

References

Glaucophyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Glaucophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Glaucophyta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Glaucophyta placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
Glaucophyta at Encyclopedia of Life
Eukaryotes at the Tree of Life Web Project

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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