Origin of Land Plants (Embryophytes)
Origin of Land Plants (Embryophytes)
Origin of Land Plants (Embryophytes)
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Which group <strong>of</strong> green algae is the<br />
closest to land plant origins?<br />
Class: Charophyceae<br />
Order: Coleochaetales<br />
Family: Coleochaetaceae<br />
Genus: Coleochaete<br />
cell plate<br />
phragmoplast<br />
plasmodesmata (multicellular growth)<br />
lignin-like compounds (found in secondary wall<br />
thickenings in vascular plants)<br />
sporopollenin (found in pollen & spores <strong>of</strong> vascular<br />
plants)<br />
suberin-like compounds (found in casparian strip <strong>of</strong><br />
endodermis in vascular plants and in bark (phellem)
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