Glaucophyta
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós) + -phyta
Proper noun
Glaucophyta
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Plantae – rare freshwater microscopic algae of special interest because they may be similar to the organisms ancestral to both plants and more common algae.
Synonyms
- (phylum): Glaucocystophyta
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Biliphyta - subkingdom[1]
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Glaucophyceae - sole class; Glaucocystales - sole order[1]; Glaucocystaceae - sole family
Coordinate terms
- (phylum in Biliphyta): Rhodophyta[1]
See also
- Archaeplastida
References
Glaucophyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Glaucophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Glaucophyta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Glaucophyta placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
- Glaucophyta at Encyclopedia of Life
- Eukaryotes at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521