Prasinophyceae - Phylogeny

Phylogeny

Recent studies agree that the prasinophytes are not a natural group, being highly paraphyletic. Relationships among the groups making up the chlorophytes are not fully resolved. The cladogram produced by Becker and Marin in 2009 is shown below. The blue shaded groups are all prasinophytes. The prasinophyte species Mesostigma viride has been shown to be a member of the Streptophyta rather than the Chlorophyta, so is not included in this cladogram.