A re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of Halophila euphlebia Makino (Hydrocharitaceae) based on morphological features and ITS sequence data

Botanica Marina

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-121

  Uchimura, Masayuki ^a   Faye, Etienne Jean ^a   Shimada, Satoshi ^b   Arai, Shogo ^c   Inoue, Tetsunori ^a   Nakamura, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Marine Algae Research Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halophila euphlebia; ITS; Morphology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA DECIPIENS; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HYDROCHARITACEAE;

EID: 33645765273     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2006.015     Document Type: Article

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