Octochara
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octochara-306-8005186
title:
Octochara
text:
Octochara is a genus of fossil charophyte from the Famennian. It is one of two genera of charophyte described from the Waterloo Farm lagerstätte in southern Africa. It and Hexachara, from the same locality provide the oldest record of reconstruct able charophytes with in situ oogonia. Octochara is derived from a Greek word "octo", meaning eight, a reference to the octoradial symmetry, and "chara", referring to membership of the Charales. In Octochara, a whorl of eight laterals are borne at each
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of algae
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octochara
date created:
date modified:
2024-02-15T10:44:24Z
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13
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