Morphological and taxonomic studies of Gracilaria and Gracilariopsis species (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 521-539

  Iyer, R ^a   De Clerck, O ^b   Bolton, J J ^a   Coyne, V E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; SEAWEED; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ACULEATA; ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA CRASSA; GRACILARIA GRACILIS; GRACILARIACEAE; GRACILARIALES; GRACILARIOPSIS; GRACILARIOPSIS LEMANEIFORMIS; GRACILLARIA ACULEATA; GRACILLARIA BECKERI; GRACILLARIA CANALICULATA; GRACILLARIA CAPENSIS; GRACILLARIA CORTICATA; GRACILLARIA DENTICULATA; GRACILLARIA FOLIIFERA; GRACILLARIA MILLARDETII; GRACILLARIA PROTEA; GRACILLARIA SALICORNIA; GRACILLARIA VIEILLARDII; GRACILLARIOPSIS LONGISSIMA; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; PROTEA; RHODOPHYTA; SALICORNIA;

EID: 11244325769     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30192-7     Document Type: Article

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