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COLEOCHAETE AND THE ORIGIN OF LAND PLANTS
Author(s) -
Graham Linda E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1984.tb12546.x
Subject(s) - biology , sporophyte , plant evolution , algae , botany , green algae , ecology , biochemistry , genome , gene
For a century the green alga Coleochaete has figured prominently in considerations of the origins of land plants (embryophytes). Certain of its advanced features contributed to Bower's (1908) theories on the origin of the land plant sporophyte by intercalation. Though Bower's ideas were disputed in later years, recent investigations of Coleochaete and other green algae have lent strong support to them. At present it appears that further study of Coleochaete and other charophycean algae may contribute much to our understanding of how a number of plant features, including reproductive ones, originated.