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Coleochaetaceae
Coleochaete sp.
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
(unranked):	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.

References

1. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Coleochaetaceae". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
2. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Coleochaetales". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
3. "Life History and Ecology of the Coleochaetales".
4. Becker, B.; Marin, B. (2009). "Streptophyte algae and the origin of embryophytes". Annals of Botany. 103 (7): 999–1004. doi:10.1093/aob/mcp044. PMC 2707909. PMID 19273476.
5. Leliaert, Frederik; Verbruggen, Heroen; Zechman, Frederick W. (2011). "Into the deep: New discoveries at the base of the green plant phylogeny". BioEssays. 33 (9): 683–692. doi:10.1002/bies.201100035. ISSN 0265-9247. PMID 21744372.

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