Taxa

Chlorophyta

Phylum

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Chlorophyta." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-chlorophyta.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Chlorophyta. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-chlorophyta

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-chlorophyta,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Chlorophyta},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-chlorophyta},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

The green algae: a large, mostly aquatic phylum of photosynthetic protists that share their green chlorophyll pigments and much of their cellular biochemistry with land plants, from which they are thought to descend. Chlorophyta ranges from single floating cells to large multicellular seaweeds such as sea lettuce.

Facts

Disputed

Member Species/Taxa Count

4300 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Taxonomic Rank

Phylum / Division 1

Scientific Name

Chlorophyta 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Child Taxon Of

Protista

Source Catalogue of Life

Sources

1. Catalogue of Life

Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source

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