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Characeales (disused)

Algae - Characeales

Taxonomy
Characeales is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Algae by Knowlton (1919).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Characeales Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
classAlgae
RankNameAuthor
orderCharaceales
orderCharaceales

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available