chlorophyte
Noun
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Noun
chlorophyte (plural chlorophytes)
- Any of the green algae that make up the division Chlorophyta
- 1996, Walter Hill, 5: Effects of Light, R. Jan Stevenson, Max L. Bothwell, Rex L. Lowe (editors), Algal Ecology: Freshwater Benthic Ecosystems, page 139 ↗,
- Also consistent with the notion that chlorophytes require high light was the unprecedented appearance of the desmid Hyalotheca dissiliens that occurred when gypsy moth larvae defoliated the tree canopy overhanging a Rhode Island stream (Sheath et al., 1986).
- 2008, Cecie Starr, Christine A. Evers, Lisa Starr, Biology: Concepts & Applications, page 326 ↗,
- Haploid flagellated spores dominate the life cycle of Chlamydomonas, a single-celled, freshwater chlorophyte (Figure 20.13).
- 1996, Walter Hill, 5: Effects of Light, R. Jan Stevenson, Max L. Bothwell, Rex L. Lowe (editors), Algal Ecology: Freshwater Benthic Ecosystems, page 139 ↗,
- chlorophytal / chlorophytic
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