Ignatiales

Ignatiales
Pseudocharacium, a genus in the family Ignatiaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Archaeplastida
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ignatiales
Leliaert & Škaloud
Families

Ignatiales is an order of green algae in the class Ulvophyceae. The order was described in 2018 based on molecular phylogenetic studies.

Members of the Ignatiales are mostly occur as single cells or clusters of two to eight cells. They are found in terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats.

References

  1. ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Ignatiales". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2026-04-16.
  2. 1 2 Škaloud, Pavel; Rindi, Fabio; Boedeker, Christian; Leliaert, Frederik (2018). Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae. Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Vol. 13. Berlin, Germany: Springer Spektrum. pp. i–x, 1–289. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-55495-1. ISBN 978-3-662-55494-4.
  3. ↑ Verbruggen, Heroen; Gong, Sanqiang; Yu, Kefu; Tandon, Kshitij; Ricci, Francesco; Liang, Jiayuan (2025). "Extensive diversity of Symbiochlorum -related algae from environmental sequences and culture strains supports the description of the new family Symbiochloraceae (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Journal of Phycology. 61 (4) jpy.70046: 926–932. Bibcode:2025JPcgy..61..926V. doi:10.1111/jpy.70046. PMC 12351360. PMID 40525780.