Defining taxon boundaries in members of the morphologically and genetically plastic genus Caulerpa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1019-1037

  De Senerpont Domis, Lisette N ^a   Famà, Patrizia ^b   Bartlett, Alison J ^a   Prud'homme Van Reine, Willem F ^a   Espinosa, Cinthya Armenta ^a   Trono Jr , Gavino C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Caulerpa; Morphological plasticity; Morphometrics; Phylogeny; rbcL; Taxonomy; tufA; ycf10 chlB

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GREEN ALGA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASTICITY; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA CUPRESSOIDES; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA SERRULATA; CAULERPA SERTULARIOIDES; CAULERPALES; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0346361560     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.2003.02-203.x     Document Type: Article

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