Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-294

  Hayden, Hillary S ^a   Blomster, Jaanika ^b,d   Maggs, Christine A ^b   Silva, Paul C ^c   Stanhope, Michael J ^b,e   Waaland, J Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloropelta; Enteromorpha; Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer DNA (ITS nrDNA); rbcL; Ulva; Umbraulva

Indexed keywords

MACROALGA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPELTA; EUKARYOTA; LINNAEA; ULVA; UMBRAULVA; UMBRAULVA OLIVASCENS;

EID: 0141872434     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364253031000136321     Document Type: Article

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