Ulvophyceae

Ulva, Caulerpa
Bornetella, Dictyosphaeria

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Chlorophyta
Subphylum: Chlorophytina
Classis: Ulvophyceae
Ordines: Bryopsidales – Chlorocystidales – Cladophorales – Dasycladales – Ignatiales – Oltmannsiellopsidales – Scotinosphaerales – Trentepohliales – Ulotrichales – Ulvales
Genera incertae sedis: Blastophysa – Symbiochlorum – Trichophilus

Name

Ulvophyceae K.R.Mattox & K.D.Stewart, 1984

Type: Ulva L. (1753), nom. et typ. cons.

Synonyms

• Ulothrichophyceae Engler & Gilg in Engler, Syllabus, ed. 9-10: 20 (“Ulotrichales”)
• Byssophyceae Grev., Scott. Crypt. Fl. 6: 34. 1828 (“Byssaceae”)

References

• Mattox, K.R. & Stewart, K.D. 1984. Classification of the green algae: a concept based on comparative cytology. In: Irvine, D.E.G. & John, D.M. Eds. Systematics of the Green Algae, Proceedings of an International Symposium held at The Polytechnic of North London 29-31 March 1983., pp. 29–72. Systematic Association Special Volumes, 27. London: Published for the Systematics Association by Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-374040-1. Reference page. 
• Ruggiero, M.A., Gordon, D.P., Orrell, T.M., Bailly, N., Bourgoin, T., Brusca, R.C., Cavalier-Smith, T., Guiry, M.D. & Kirk, P.M. 2015. A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 . [Correction in 10(6): e0130114 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130114 .] Reference page. 
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. Ulvophyceae. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2019-12-19.
• Ulvophyceae in the World Register of Marine Species

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Vernacular names

français: Ulvophycées
日本語: アオサ藻綱
polski: Watkowe
русский: Ульвофициевые