Coleochaetaceae

Coleochaetaceae
Coleochaete sp.
Scientific classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Charophyta
Class: Coleochaetophyceae
Order: Coleochaetales
Chadefaud
Family: Coleochaetaceae
Nägeli
Genera
  • 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. It is the only family in the Coleochaetales, an order of parenchymous charophyte algae, within the class Coleochaetophyceae. It includes some of the closest multicellular relatives of land plants. It contains the genus Coleochaete and questionably includes the fossil genus Parka.

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