Coleochaetaceae
Coleochaete sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Coleochaetophyceae
Order: Coleochaetales
Chadefaud[1]
Family: Coleochaetaceae
Nägeli[2]
Genera[2]
  • Awadhiella B.N.Prasad & D.K.Asthana
  • Coleochaete Brébisson, nom. cons.
  • Conochaete Klebahn
  • Phyllactidium Kützing
  • Radioramus H.J.Hu & Y.X.Wei

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.

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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