DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS
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Question
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The ancestors of land plants were most likely similar to modern
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conifers
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ferns
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green algae
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flowering plants
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It was previously thought that land plants evolved from stonewort-like algae. However, new research shows that the closest relatives to land plants are actually conjugating green algae such as Spirogyra . It was previously thought that land plants evolved from stonewort-like algae.
Detailed explanation-2: -Land plants (embryophytes) evolved from freshwater multicellular algae, probably related to the extant charophyte groups Charales or Coleochaetales [1–4].
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