Land Plants are Thought to Be Most Closely Related to the ____

Question

Land plants are thought to be most closely related to the ____.  
A) chlorophyte algae
B) red algae
C) charophyte algae
D) brown algae
E) euglenoids

Accepted Answer

Charophyte algae share many characteristics with land plants, including similarities in cell wall composition, use of cellulose-synthesizing enzyme, and similar reproductive structures. This suggests that land plants evolved from a lineage of charophyte algae.