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The Streptophytes are a clade of plants that include all the true (land) plants, as well as the closest living green algae. This group is defined by two apomorphies: the dissolution of the nuclear membrane during mitosis, and the presence of paired flagella (when flagella are present at all) directed perpendicularly to each other
Diversity
Diversity
The Streptophytes include:
Land plants (embryophytes)
Green algae, except the Chlorophytes
Geologic Range
Geologic Range
Neoproterozoic (Del Cortona et al. 2020) - present
The split between Streptophyte and Chlorophyte lineages of green algae dates back to the Neoproterozoic
Above: (left) the water-silk Spirogyra; (left-center) the stonewort Chara; (right-center) Coleochaete; (right) land plants
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