Which one of the following statements about the evolution of land plants is false?
A)The Charophyta are a sister clade to all the land plants.
B)The Chlorophyta are a sister clade to all the green plants.
C)Land plants evolved from freshwater algae.
D)The tracheophytes include all the land plants except for the bryophytes.
E)Mosses are a sister clade to all the tracheophytes.

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The Chlorophyta are not a sister clade to all green plants; they are a group within the green algae, which also includes the Charophyta, the latter being more closely related to land plants.

Which One of the Following Statements About the Evolution of Land