Phylogenetic evaluation of infrageneric groups of the genus Usnea based on its regions in rDNA

Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory

Volumn , Issue 92, 2002, Pages 231-243

  Ohmura, Yoshihito ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

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