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Algae
Taxonomy
Algae was named as an informal. It is extant.
It was reranked as the class Algae by Knowlton (1919).
It was assigned to Plantae by Knowlton (1919).
It was reranked as the class Algae by Knowlton (1919).
It was assigned to Plantae by Knowlton (1919).
Subtaxa
Algacites, Archidesmus loganensis, Bartenia, Botryococcaceae, Cancellophycus, Characeales, Collenia, Confervites, Conophyton, Cryptozoon, Delesseria, Dendrophycus, Dictyophycus, Elainabella, Eoholynia, Fucoides, Gilbertina, Gyrodendron, Halymenites, Jurusania, Loperia, Myelophycus, Palaeodictyon, Petrophyton, Retiphycus, Zygnemataceae
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Cl. Algae
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G. †Algacites Schlotheim 1822
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†Algacites filicoides Schlotheim 1822
†Algacites oogonifera Pant and Basu 1981
†Algacites orobiformis Schlotheim 1820
G. †Cancellophycus Saporta 1872
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†Cancellophycus liasinus Saporta 1872
†Cancellophycus rhombicum Ulrich 1904
G. †Collenia Walcott 1914
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†Collenia compacta Viswanathiah and Gowda 1970
†Collenia undosa Walcott 1914
G. †Confervites Brongniart 1828
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†Confervites dubius Berry 1905
†Confervites thoreaeformis Brongniart 1828
G. †Dendrophycus Lesquereux 1884
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†Dendrophycus desorii Lesquereux 1884
†Dendrophycus shoemakeri Ward 1900
†Dendrophycus triassicus Newberry 1887
G. †Dictyophycus Korde 1954
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†Dictyophycus gracilis Ruedemann 1931
†Dictyophycus pseudotubulatus Korde 1954
G. †Elainabella Rowland and Rodriguez 2014
G. †Eoholynia Gnilovskaya 1975
G. †Fucoides Brongniart 1822
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†Fucoides connecticutensis Hitchcock 1841
†Fucoides orbignianus Brongniart 1823
†Fucoides serra Brongniart 1828
†Fucoides shepardi Hitchcock 1841
†Fucoides venosus McClelland 1850
G. †Halymenites Sternberg 1833
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†Halymenites major Lesquereux 1872
†Halymenites schitzleinii Sternberg 1833
†Halymenites striatus Lesquereux 1872
Fm. †Zygnemataceae Kutzing 1898
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G. †Mougeotia Agardh 1824
G. †Ovoidites Krutzsch 1959
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†Ovoidites parvus Nakoman 1966
†Ovoidites spriggii Cookson and Dettmann 1959
G. †Spirogyra Link 1820
G. †Tetraporina Naumova 1950
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†Tetraporina horologia Playford 1963
†Tetraporina sibirica Kondratyev 1963
Invalid names: Archidesmus loganensis Peach 1899 [nomen vanum], Characeales [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available