| Mesostigmatophyceae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Superdivision: | Charophyta |
| Class: | Mesostigmatophyceae Marin & Melkonian |
| Type species | |
| Mesostigma viride Lauterborn | |
The Mesostigmatophyceae is a type of basal green algae. They are usually found in fresh water. Mesostigmatophyceae can be a sister group to all green algae, or as sister to all Streptophyta.
There are many ways to place the Mesostigmatophyceae into a category. One popular to place it is to have the category have only one genus, the Mesostigma. A different way to categorize is to put it into two clades; Chlorokybus and Spirotaenia. It is also common to put Chlorokybus in a different class as Chlorokybophyceae. Below is a common way to sort the categories.
| Streptophyta/ |
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| charophyta |