Parsimony analyses of mtSSU and nITS rDNA sequences reveal the natural relationships of the lichen families Physciaceae and Caliciaceae

Taxon

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 655-660

  Wedin, Mats ^a   Baloch, Elisabeth ^b   Grube, Martin ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Caliciaceae; Classification; Lecanorales; Molecular phylogeny; mtSSU rDNA; nITS rDNA; Nomenclature; Physciaceae

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; LICHEN; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BUELLIA; CALICIACEAE; FUNGI; LECANORALES; MYXOGASTRIA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PHYSCIA; PHYSCIACEAE;

EID: 0036881276     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1555020     Document Type: Article

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