綠色質體生物 (學名:Chloroplastida ),舊作綠色植物 (Viridiplantae [ 1] ),是由綠藻 (以水生藻類為主)與陸地植物 (有胚植物 )組成的真核 自營生物 演化支 [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] 。傳統上綠藻不包含有胚植物,因此為一並系群 ,但後來因為許多研究顯示有胚植物是由綠藻的一支演化而來,部分研究者開始將兩者視為一體[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] 。這些植物的細胞壁 中存在纖維素 ,原生葉綠體由藍菌 的內共生菌演化而來,含有葉綠素a 以及葉綠素b ,不含藻膽素 。綠色植物共有超過350000種[ 10] 。
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