Term info
definition
The stramenopiles (Heterokonta) are one of the phylogenetic groups of eukaryotes and include organisms as diverse as unicellular and multicellular algae, fungus-like cells, and parasitic and free-living flagellates.
definition citation
Patterson, D. J. 1989. Stramenopiles: chromophytes from a protistan perspective, p. 357-379. In J. C. Green, B. S. C. Leadbeater, and W. L. Diver (ed.), Chromophyte algae: problems and perspectives. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
has exact synonym
heterokonts
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