How objective are genera in euascomycetes?

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-101

  Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascomycetes; Generic concepts; Genetic distance; ITS; Maximum likelihood; Phylogenetic nomenclature

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; PHYLOGENY;

ASCOMYCETES; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0036032647     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00025     Document Type: Article

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