Definition of Charophyceae

1. Noun. In some classifications: contains only the order Charales.

Exact synonyms: Class Charophyceae
Group relationships: Chlorophyta, Division Chlorophyta
Member holonyms: Charales, Order Charales, Desmidiaceae, Family Desmidiaceae
Generic synonyms: Class

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charophyceae

Charlottetonian
Charlottetonians
Charlottetown
Charlouis
Charlouis' disease
Charlton
Charlying
Charmaine
Charmat
Charmian
Charnley
Charnley hip arthroplasty
Charolais
Charon
Charonian
Charophyceae
Charpy impact test
Charriere
Charriere scale
Charronia
Charronia flavigula
Charters' method
Chartism
Chartist
Chartists
Chartres
Chartres blue
Chartreux
Charybdis
Chas

Literary usage of Charophyceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... Class charophyceae, Order Charales. 388. The Charales are by some thought to represent a distinct class of algae standing near the mosses, perhaps, ..."

2. Teachers' Manual of Biology: A Handbook to Accompany the "Applied Biology by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow (1912)
"... charophyceae, etc., of the Algse; and Phycomycetes, etc., of the true Fungi is of no value to one who has not time for thorough study of types of the ..."

3. A Laboratory Manual of High School Botany by Frederic Edward Clements, Irving Samuel Cutter (1900)
"Cerevisiae: L. cerevisia, beer, belonging to beer. Chara: Gr. ^apa, chara, joy. charophyceae: Gr. xaP<*, chara, joy, ..."

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