Systematics of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analyses and morphological evidence

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 154-171

  Gurgel, Carlos Frederico D ^a,c   Liao, Lawrence M ^b,d   Fredericq, Suzanne ^a   Hommersand, Max H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Gracilariaceae; Gracilariales; Gracilariopsis; Invasive species; Phylogeny; rbcL; Rhodophyta; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RED ALGA; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE; AVES; CAROLINENSIS; EUKARYOTA; GRACILARIA ANDERSONII; GRACILARIACEAE; GRACILARIALES; GRACILARIOPSIS; GRACILARIOPSIS COSTARICENSIS; GRACILARIOPSIS HETEROCLADA; GRACILARIOPSIS LEMANEIFORMIS; GRACILARIOPSIS LONGISSIMA; GRACILARIOPSIS SJOESTEDTII; GRACILARIOPSIS TENUIFRONS; HALOPHILA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0037329037     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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