Coleochaetales
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The Coleochaetales are an order of parenchymous
charophyte algae, so they represents one of the most primitive multicellular relatives of land plants.
They questionably include the fossil genus Parka
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Parenchyma
Parenchyma is a term used to describe a bulk of a substance. It is used in different ways in animals and in plants.The term is New Latin, f. Greek παρέγχυμα - parenkhuma, "visceral flesh", f. παρεγχεῖν - parenkhein, "to pour in" f. para-, "beside" + en-, "in" + khein, "to pour"...
charophyte algae, so they represents one of the most primitive multicellular relatives of land plants.
They questionably include the fossil genus Parka
Parka (genus)
Parka is a Silurian fossil believed to be an early land "plant". It bears at least passing resemblance to the alga Coleochaete, but the significance of this similarity is yet to be established....
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