ulvophycean

Etymology

Ulvophyceae + -an

ulvophycean means any green alga of the class Ulvophyceae. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

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.”