Phytogeny and evolution of charophytic algae and land plants

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-306

  Qiu, Yin Long ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Charophytes; Evolution; Gravitropism; Land plants; Life cycle; Multicellularity; Origin; Phragmoplast; Phylogeny; Plasmodesmata; The tree of life

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMBORELLA; ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA; AUSTROBAILEYA; AUSTROBAILEYALES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EQUISETUM; EUKARYOTA; FILICOPHYTA; GNETALES; HYDATELLACEAE; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; MESOSTIGMA VIRIDE; NYMPHAEALES; PSILOTACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA; STREPTOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRIMENIACEAE;

EID: 56849112458     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1002.2008.08035     Document Type: Review

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