Order Characeales
Parent taxon: Algae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Algacites, Archidesmus loganensis, Bartenia, Botryococcaceae, Byssus, Cancellophycus, Collenia, Conferva, Confervites, Conophyton, Cryptozoon, Delesseria, Dendrophycus, Dictyophycus, Elainabella, Eoholynia, Fucoides, Gilbertina, Gyrodendron, Halymenites, Jurusania, Lichen, Longfengshaniaceae, Loperia, Myelophycus, Palaeodictyon, Petrophyton, Retiphycus, Tremella, Ulva, Vendotaeniales, Zygnemataceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Characeales in the database