The Questionable origin of early land plants from algae

F.P. Jonker

doi:10.54991/jop.1981.1428

Authors

F.P. Jonker Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, The State University of Utrecht Heidelberglaan 2, The Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1981.1428

Keywords:

Algae, Early land plants, Terrestrial vegetation, Psilophytes, Early Devonian

Abstract

The paper deals with the rise of terrestrial plant life in the Early Devonian. The view is developed that apart from Psilophytes some algal groups may have given rise to (semi-) land plants. (Semi-) land algae, however, have not been successful in competition with land invading Tracheophytes and became extinct after a relatively short existence.

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