Schizophyta

Schizophyta, a term suggested for the Protophyta, a subdivision of the Thallophyta (q.v.), comprising both algal or chlorophyll-containing forms (Schizophyceae), and those without chlorophyll (Schizomycetes), in neither of which is there any sexual reproduction. Though some are multi-cellular filaments, most are minute unicellular plants, and fission is the sole method of multiplication. The algal forms are now, however, referred to the Cyanophyceae as a division of the Algae (q.v.), and the fungal ones to a division of Fungi (q.v.) under the name Schizomycetes.