Meanings
nounulvophycean (plural ulvophyceans)
plural ulvophyceans
- Any green alga of the class Ulvophyceae
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.
2016 February 6, “Distinctive Architecture of the Chloroplast Genome in the Chlorodendrophycean Green Algae Scherffelia dubia and Tetraselmis sp. CCMP 881”, in PLOS ONE, →DOISynonyms: ulvophyte
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny green alga of the class Ulvophyceae
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