Pleurastrophyceae

Pleurastrophyceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Pleurastrophyceae; K.R. Mattox & K.D. Stewart
Genera
	Tetraselmis; Pleurastrum; Trebouxia; ;

In taxonomy, the Pleurastrophyceae are a class of green algae, in the division Chlorophyta.^[1] It was created by Mattox and Stewart in 1984, containing four genera. More recent classifications tend to split the group. On the one hand, Tetraselmis seems to be a sister to the so-called UTC clade (Chlorophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae, and Ulvophyceae), thus making it part of the (paraphyletic) Prasinophyceae. The other three genera were Pleurastrum, Trebouxia, and , and most of the species which had been in those genera have been placed in the Trebouxiophyceae. However, , which had been specified as the type of Pleurastrophyceae, turns out to be part of the Chlorophyceae.^[2]

References[]

^ Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Class: Pleurastrophyceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
^ Lewis, L. A & R. M. McCourt (2004). "Green algae and the origin of land plants". American Journal of Botany. 91 (10): 1535–1556. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1535. PMID 21652308. no

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[Algaebase-1] Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Class: Pleurastrophyceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

[2] Lewis, L. A & R. M. McCourt (2004). "Green algae and the origin of land plants". American Journal of Botany. 91 (10): 1535–1556. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1535. PMID 21652308. no

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