Streptophyta (/strɛpˈtɒfɪtə,ˈstrɛptoʊfaɪtə/), informally the streptophytes (/ˈstrɛptəfaɪts/, from the Greek strepto 'twisted', for the morphology of the sperm of some members), is a clade of plants. The composition of the clade varies considerably between authors, but the definition employed here includes land plants and all green algae except the Chlorophyta and the more basal Prasinodermophyta.

Classifications

The composition of Streptophyta and similar groups (Streptophytina, Charophyta) varies in each classification.[citation needed] Some authors include only the Charales and Embryophyta (e.g., Streptophyta, Streptophytina); others include more groups (e.g., Charophyta, Streptophyta, Streptobionta); some authors use this broader definition, but exclude the Embryophyta (e.g., Charophyta, Charophyceae[citation needed], Streptophycophytes[citation needed]).

The clade Streptophyta includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms. Streptophyta contains the freshwater charophyte green algae and all land plants that reproduce sexually by conjugation. Mesostigma viride, a unicellular green flagellate alga may be a basal Streptophyte.

These earlier classifications have not taken into account that the Coleochaetophyceae and the Zygnemophyceae appear to have emerged in the Charophyceae + Embryophyta clade, resulting in the synonymy of the Phragmoplastophyta and Streptophytina/Streptophyta sensu stricto (a.k.a. Adl 2012) nomenclature.

Jeffrey, 1967

Lewis & McCourt 2004

Leliaert et al . 2012

Adl et al . 2012

Source:

Adl et al . 2019

  • Archaeplastida Adl et al. 2005[citation needed] Chloroplastida Adl et al. 2005[citation needed] (Viridiplantae Cavalier-Smith 1981)[citation needed] Phylum Streptophyta [Charophyta] Chlorokybus atmophyticus Mesostigma viridae Family Klebsomidiophyceae Class Phragmoplastophyta Family Zygnemataceae Order Coleochaetophyceae Family Characeae Kingdom Embryophyta

Phylogeny

Below is a reconstruction of Streptophyta relationships, based on genomic data.

Streptophyta/Mesostigmatophyceaes.l. Mesostigma viride (Mesostigmatophyceae s.s.) Spirotaenia Chlorokybophyceae Klebsormidiophyceae Phragmoplastophyta Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Coleochaetophyceae Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Embryophytes Bryophytes Anthocerotophyta (hornworts) Setaphyta Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) Bryophyta (Mosses) PolysporangiomorphaHorneophytopsida Tracheophyta
Mesostigmatophyceaes.l.Mesostigma viride (Mesostigmatophyceae s.s.) Spirotaenia Chlorokybophyceae
Mesostigma viride (Mesostigmatophyceae s.s.)
Spirotaenia Chlorokybophyceae
Spirotaenia
Chlorokybophyceae
Klebsormidiophyceae Phragmoplastophyta Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Coleochaetophyceae Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Embryophytes Bryophytes Anthocerotophyta (hornworts) Setaphyta Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) Bryophyta (Mosses) PolysporangiomorphaHorneophytopsida Tracheophyta
Klebsormidiophyceae
PhragmoplastophytaCharophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Coleochaetophyceae Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Embryophytes Bryophytes Anthocerotophyta (hornworts) Setaphyta Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) Bryophyta (Mosses) PolysporangiomorphaHorneophytopsida Tracheophyta
Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses)
Coleochaetophyceae Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Embryophytes Bryophytes Anthocerotophyta (hornworts) Setaphyta Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) Bryophyta (Mosses) PolysporangiomorphaHorneophytopsida Tracheophyta
Coleochaetophyceae
Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Embryophytes Bryophytes Anthocerotophyta (hornworts) Setaphyta Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) Bryophyta (Mosses) PolysporangiomorphaHorneophytopsida Tracheophyta
Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.)
EmbryophytesBryophytes Anthocerotophyta (hornworts) Setaphyta Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) Bryophyta (Mosses) PolysporangiomorphaHorneophytopsida Tracheophyta
BryophytesAnthocerotophyta (hornworts) Setaphyta Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) Bryophyta (Mosses)
Anthocerotophyta (hornworts)
SetaphytaMarchantiophyta (Liverworts) Bryophyta (Mosses)
Marchantiophyta (Liverworts)
Bryophyta (Mosses)
PolysporangiomorphaHorneophytopsida Tracheophyta
Horneophytopsida
Tracheophyta
charophyta

Streptofilum, described in 2018, appears to bring in a new branching.

Streptophyta/Mesostigmatophyceae Chlorokybophyceae Streptofilum Klebsormidiophyceae Phragmoplastophyta Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Coleochaetophyceae Embryophytes
Mesostigmatophyceae
Chlorokybophyceae Streptofilum Klebsormidiophyceae Phragmoplastophyta Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Coleochaetophyceae Embryophytes
Chlorokybophyceae
Streptofilum Klebsormidiophyceae Phragmoplastophyta Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Coleochaetophyceae Embryophytes
Streptofilum
Klebsormidiophyceae Phragmoplastophyta Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Coleochaetophyceae Embryophytes
Klebsormidiophyceae
PhragmoplastophytaCharophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Coleochaetophyceae Embryophytes
Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses)
Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.) Coleochaetophyceae Embryophytes
Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.)
Coleochaetophyceae Embryophytes
Coleochaetophyceae
Embryophytes
charophyta

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