Coleochaetaceae

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Coleochaetaceae
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Coleochaete sp.
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(unranked): Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Coleochaetophyceae
Order: Coleochaetales
Chadefaud [1]
Family: Coleochaetaceae
Nägeli [2]
Genera [2]

Coleochaetaceae is a family of algae. [2] It is the only family in the Coleochaetales, [1] an order of parenchymous charophyte algae, [3] that includes some of the closest multicellular relatives of land plants. [4] [5] They questionably include the fossil genus Parka .

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References

  1. 1 2 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Coleochaetales". AlgaeBase . World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  2. 1 2 3 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Coleochaetaceae". AlgaeBase . World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  3. ↑ "Life History and Ecology of the Coleochaetales".
  4. ↑ Becker, B.; Marin, B. (2009). "Streptophyte algae and the origin of embryophytes". Annals of Botany. 103 (7): 999–1004. doi:10.1093/aob/mcp044. PMC   2707909 . PMID   19273476.
  5. ↑ Leliaert, Frederik; Verbruggen, Heroen; Zechman, Frederick W. (2011). "Into the deep: New discoveries at the base of the green plant phylogeny". BioEssays. 33 (9): 683–692. doi:10.1002/bies.201100035. ISSN   0265-9247. PMID   21744372.


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