Schizophyta

Translingual

Etymology

schizo- +‎ -ophyta

Proper noun

Schizophyta

1. (obsolete, 19th century) A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Plantae – includes the bacteria and cyanobacteria.

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Schizomycetes (Bacteria), Schizophyceae (Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyta)

References

• “Schizophyta”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Cyanobacteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia