Taxonomic re-examination of six species of Nitella (Charales, Charophyceae) from Asia, and phylogenetic relationships within the genus based on rbcL and atpB gene sequences

Phycologia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-104

  Sakayama, Hidetoshi ^a   Hara, Yoshiaki ^b   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHARALES; EUKARYOTA; LUEHEIA; MEGASPORA; NITELLA; NITELLA AXILLIFORMIS; NITELLA FURCATA; NITELLA GRACILIS; NITELLA GRACILLIMA; NITELLA MEGASPORA; NITELLA PSEUDOFLABELLATA; NITELLA TRANSLUCENS; NITELLA TUMULOSA;

EID: 0442328785     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-43-1-91.1     Document Type: Article

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