stonewort

Any of various complex algae of the family Characeae, known for being branched and having enclosed egg cells.


green alga

Green algae cells have nuclei; pigments in distinct bodies.

1967, George K. Reid, edited by Herbert S. Zim and George S. Fichter, Pond Life, New York: Golden Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31:

Any of very many plant organisms, of the phyla Chlorophyta and Charophyta, that grow in damp places; a chlorophyte


chlorophyte

From chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Also consistent with the notion that chlorophytes require high light was the unprecedented appearance of the desmid Hyalotheca dissiliens that occurred when gypsy moth larvae defoliated the tree canopy overhanging a Rhode Island stream (Sheath et al., 1986).

1996, Walter Hill, “5: Effects of Light”, in R. Jan Stevenson, Max L. Bothwell, Rex L. Lowe, editors, Algal Ecology: Freshwater Benthic Ecosystems, page 139:

Haploid flagellated spores dominate the life cycle of Chlamydomonas, a single-celled, freshwater chlorophyte (Figure 20.13).

2008, Cecie Starr, Christine A. Evers, Lisa Starr, Biology: Concepts & Applications, page 326:

Although there are as many ways to classify the chlorophytes as there are texts and publications discussing it, especially as new research becomes available, this chapter will focus on the scheme described in Graham and Wilcox (2000) and Wehr and Sheath (2003).

2010, American Water Works Association, chapter L, in Algae: Source to Treatment, page 154:

Any of the green algae that make up the division Chlorophyta


pondweed

en-noun

pondweed (countable and uncountable, plural pondweeds)

Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:

(most commonly) Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus

If you have ever had a pond you will know Azolla, a.k.a. pondweed, duckweed fern or fairy moss.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 76:

Aponogeton, in Africa, Asia and Australasia


prasinophyte

Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prásinos, “leak-green, light green”) + -phyte (“plant”)

uder

Any of various flagellate, unicellular green algae of the class Prasinophyceae


charophyte

/ˈkæ.ɹəʊˌfaɪt/

From translingual Charophyta by analogy to chara (“an unknown root”) + -phyte (“plant”).

suffix

Any green alga of the division Charophyta


cladophore

Any green alga of the order Cladophorales.


spirogyra

Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals.

水綿

any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals


desmid

From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “ligature, ligament, bond”).

uder

Desmids, which are exclusively freshwater algae, are so named because the first of these green microorganisms to be described were thought to be pairs of cells joined together, and the Greek word 'desmos' means a bond or chain.

1981, Alan J. Brook, The Biology of Desmids, University of California Press, Botanical Monographs 16, page 1

Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.


chlorella

en-noun

chlorella (plural chlorellae or chlorellas)

A use as a common noun of the genus name Chlorella.

Many people use chlorella for a nutrient factor isolated in the 1950s and not available in other green foods: "Chlorella Growth Factor" (CGF). CGF is related to the special nature of chlorella's nucleic acid. The nucleic acid in the human body ...

2002, Paul Pitchford, Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 233:

Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement.


cyclocrinitid

A member of an extinct tribe of dasyclads.


dasyclad

(zoology) Any of the order Dasycladales of green algae.


receptaculitid

(zoology) A probably benthic marine calcareous dasyclad known only from fossils.


volvox

From translingual Volvox, from Latin volvō (“to roll”).

(microbiology) Any of the genus Volvox of chlorophytes.


sea lettuce

Any of several edible seaweeds of the genus Ulva.

Similar seaweed species of other genera:

Monostroma spp., also known as the slender sea lettuce, a kind of algae.

Scaevola taccada, also known as the beach cabbage, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is native to coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific.

Dudleya caespitosa, also known as the sand lettuce, a terrestrial flowering plant species that is endemic to coastal areas of California


moorball

(rare, archaic) A freshwater alga (Aegagropila linnaei) which forms a ball-shaped mass.


pipeweed

putki

any of a number of plants having thin and straight stems resembling pipes

Native American
Native American#Adjective

Any of a number of plants having thin and straight stems resembling pipes, often hollow or lacking branches.

(specifically, US) The desert trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum) which has a straight stem with a swollen portion; formerly some Native American tribes in the Las Vegas Valley area turned such stems into pipes for smoking by removing the stem at the base and cutting the swollen portion in half to serve as a bowl.


seabeard

Cladophora rupestris
Cladophora rupestris#Translingual

A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.


conferva

conferva (plural confervas or confervae or (obsolete) confervæ)

confervas (plural)
confervae (plural)
confervæ (obsolete plural)

Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.

(obsolete) Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater alga, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in Cladophora or Tribonema


protothecosis

infection by the parasitic green alga of the genus Prototheca.


crow-silk

crow-silk (countable and uncountable, plural crow-silks)

A filamentous freshwater alga (Cladophora rivularis).


watermelon snow

Chlamydomonas nivalis
Chlamydomonas nivalis#Translingual

Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae containing the red pigment astaxanthin, secondary to green chlorophyll, sometimes encountered as reddish streaks in snow.


globe animalcule

globe animalcule (plural globe animalcules)

(dated) A green alga of species Volvox globator, once thought to be an animal, .


udoteacean

suf

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Udoteaceae</i>

(zoology) Any member of the algal family Udoteaceae.


dead man's fingers

Any of several plants or other organisms with fleshy finger-like structures:


slender sea lettuce

en-noun

slender sea lettuce (plural slender sea lettuces)

Any of the algae of the genus Monostroma


green caviar

Start with the umi-budo—an interesting variety of sea kelp shaped like bunches of grapes (the bubble-like appearance has also won it its “green caviar” nickname).

2013, Fodor's Hong Kong: with a Side Trip to Macau:

The edible seaweed Caulerpa lentillifera.


snow alga

Chlamydomonas nivalis, the alga responsible for watermelon snow.


chlorodendrophycean

Here we describe for the first time the chloroplast genomes of chlorodendrophycean algae (Scherffelia dubia, 137,161 bp; Tetraselmis sp.

2016 February 6, “Distinctive Architecture of the Chloroplast Genome in the Chlorodendrophycean Green Algae Scherffelia dubia and Tetraselmis sp. CCMP 881”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Relating to the class Chlorodendrophyceae.


pedinophycean

Remarkably, seven of the atypical IR-encoded genes have also been observed in the IRs of pedinophycean and trebouxiophycean chloroplast genomes, suggesting that they were already present in the IR of the common ancestor of all core chlorophytes.

Any green alga of the class Pedinophyceae.


prasinophycean

Like other chlorophyte genomes with a low proportion of non-coding sequences, notably their prasinophycean and pedinophycean homologs [15, 18, 20 ], both chlorodendrophycean cpDNAs are very poor in small repeats (Table 1 ).

Any green alga of the class Prasinophyceae.


trebouxiophycean

Any green alga of the class Trebouxiophyceae.


ulvophycean

In future chloroplast phylogenomic studies, broader sampling of chlorophytes, in particular of ulvophycean lineages, as well as the use of improved models of sequence evolution might allow the construction of more robust and reliable trees.


chlorophycean

Any green alga of the class Chlorophyceae


charophycean

Any green alga of the class Charophyceae


helicosporidian

Any green alga of the genus Helicosporidium


volvocalean

Any green alga of the former order Volvocales (syn. Chlamydomonadales)


bryopsidalean

Any green alga of the order Bryopsidales.


trentepohliacean

Any member of the family Trentepohliaceae of green algae.


dasycladacean

Any green alga of the family Dasycladaceae.


chlamydomonad

Any green alga of the order Chlamydomonadales


zygnematophycean

Any green alga of the class Zygnematophyceae


dasycladalean

Any green alga of the order Dasycladales


volvocacean

Any biflagellate of the family Volvocaceae


chlorococcalean

Any green alga of the order Chlorococcales.


lake ball

A spherical growth of the green alga Aegagropila linnaei.