Palmophyllophyceae

The Palmophyllophyceae are a class of green algae consisting of the Palmophyllales and Prasinococcales.^[1]

Palmophyllophyceae
Palmophyllum crassum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Prasinodermophyta
Class:	Palmophyllophyceae Leliaert et al. 2016
Orders
Palmophyllales Zechman et al. 2010 Prasinococcales Guillou et al.
Synonyms
Prasinophyceae Christensen 1962

It belongs to Prasinodermophyta, a group that – according to Li et al.'s phylogenetic analyses – is basal to the rest of the Viridiplantae (that is, the group of all green algae, from which land plants evolved, also known as "green plants").^[2]

Viridiplantae

Prasinodermophyta Prasinodermophyceae Palmophyllophyceae Palmophyllales Prasinococcales Chlorophyta core Chlorophyta Chlorophytina Ulvophyceae Chlorophyceae Trebouxiophyceae Chlorodendrophyceae Pedinophyceae Prasinophytes Clade VIIA Prasinophytes Clade VIIC Pycnococcaceae Nephroselmidophyceae Mamiellophyceae Pyramimonadales Streptophyta Mesostigmatophyceae Chlorokybophyceae 'filamentous' Streptophyta Klebsormidiophyceae phragmoplastophyta Charophyceae Zygnematophyceae Embryophytes (land plants) Coleochaetophyceae