CAM (clade)

{{Short description|Clade of eukaryotes}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Archaeplastida Diversity.jpg

| image_caption = Several images showing the diversity of the Archaeplastida.

| image2 = Rhodomonas salina CCMP 322.jpg

| image2_caption = Rhodomonas salina, a Pancryptist.

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = CAM

| authority = Yazaki et al. 2022

| subdivision_ranks = Subgroups

| subdivision = *Pancryptista

• Cryptista
• Microheliella
• Archaeplastida
• Rhodophyta
• Rhodelphidia
• Glaucophyta
• Viridiplantae
• Picozoa

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The CAM clade is a clade containing the Archaeplastida (Plantae sensu lato) and the clade Pancryptista (which, in turn, contains Cryptista and Microheliella maris). This clade is supported by phylogenomic analyses from 2022 that mainly support the clade Pancryptista, but also mention that its closest lineage is Archaeplastida, making them sister taxa.{{cite journal |last1=Yazaki |first1=E |last2=Yabuki |first2=A |last3=Imaizumi |first3=A |last4=Kume |first4=K |last5=Hashimoto |first5=T |last6=Inagaki |first6=Y |year=2022 |title=The closest lineage of Archaeplastida is revealed by phylogenomics analyses that include Microheliella maris |journal=Open Biology |volume=12 |issue=4 |page=210376 |doi=10.1098/rsob.210376 |pmc=9006020 |pmid=35414259}} Together, they form the clade "CAM", which stands for the constituent clades (Cryptista, Archaeplastida, and Microheliella).