#class_Charophyceae__Charophyceae  in some classifications: contains only the order Charales
  supertype:  class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  division_Chlorophyta
  member:  order_Charales__Charales  small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts
     member:  family_Characeae__Characeae  green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts
        member:  stonewort  any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits
        member:  genus_Chara__Chara  green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts
        member:  genus_Nitella__Nitella  fragile branching stoneworts
  member:  family_Desmidiaceae__Desmidiaceae  unicellular algae
     member:  genus_Desmidium__Desmidium  a genus of protoctista
        member:  desmid  freshwater green algae

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