Zygnematales
Translingual
Zygnemetales green algae
Etymology
Zygnema + -ales
Proper noun
Zygnematales
- The conjugating green algae, usually found in fresh water, the extant algae most closely related to flowering plants
- A taxonomic order within the division Charophyta.
- A taxonomic order within the class Conjugatophyceae.[1]
Hypernyms
- (order in Conjugatophyceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Charophyta - superphylum; Charophyta - phylum; Conjugatophyceae - class[1]
Hyponyms
- (order in division Charophyta): Closteriaceae, Peniaceae, Zygnemataceae - families
- (order in class Conjugatophyceae): Mesotaeniaceae, Zygnemataceae - families[1]
References
Zygnematales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Zygnematales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Zygnematales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Zygnematales at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Zygnematales at Encyclopedia of Life
- Zygnematales at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Zygnematales placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
- 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