Archaeplastida

E737423

Archaeplastida is a major eukaryotic supergroup that includes land plants, green algae, red algae, and glaucophytes, all characterized by primary plastids derived from an ancient endosymbiotic event with cyanobacteria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Archaeplastida canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
eukaryotic supergroup ⓘ
alternativeNameUsedInSomeLiterature Plantae sensu lato ⓘ
linked to: Plantae
cellWallsOftenContain cellulose ⓘ
characterizedBy primary plastids ⓘ
containsMacroscopicAlgae true ⓘ
containsMicroscopicAlgae true ⓘ
containsMulticellularLineages true ⓘ
containsUnicellularLineages true ⓘ
distinguishedFromOtherPhotosyntheticEukaryotesBy possession of primary rather than secondary or tertiary plastids ⓘ
ecologicalRole oxygen production ⓘ
primary producers ⓘ
fossilRecordExtendsBackTo Proterozoic Eon (for some lineages) ⓘ
glaucophytesDistinctBy cyanelles with peptidoglycan layer ⓘ
greenLineageCharacterizedBy chlorophylls a and b ⓘ
higherClassification Diaphoretickes (in some systems) ⓘ
includes Chlorophyta ⓘ
Embryophyta ⓘ
Glaucophyta ⓘ
Rhodophyta ⓘ
Streptophyta ⓘ
glaucophytes ⓘ
green algae ⓘ
land plants ⓘ
red algae ⓘ
includesLineages freshwater species ⓘ
marine species ⓘ
terrestrial species ⓘ
isMonophyletic subjectToPhylogeneticDebate ⓘ
widelySupported ⓘ
kingdomScope Eukaryota ⓘ
landPlantsDerivedFrom streptophyte green algae ⓘ
nuclearGenomeType linear chromosomes ⓘ
photosynthetic true ⓘ
plastidPigmentsInclude chlorophyll a ⓘ
phycobiliproteins in many red algae and glaucophytes ⓘ
plastidsAcquiredBy primary endosymbiosis ⓘ
plastidsOrigin cyanobacteria ⓘ
plastidsType primary plastids with two envelope membranes ⓘ
primaryPlastidsDerivedFrom single ancient endosymbiotic event ⓘ
redAlgaeDistinctBy lack of flagella ⓘ
reproductionIncludes asexual reproduction ⓘ
sexual reproduction ⓘ
starchStoredIn plastids ⓘ
storageProduct starch ⓘ
taxonomicRank supergroup ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opisthokonta → distinguishedFrom → Archaeplastida ⓘ
Zygnematophyceae → supergroup → Archaeplastida ⓘ
Streptophyta → supergroup → Archaeplastida ⓘ