A reassessment of Halophila species (Hydrocharitaceae) diversity with special reference to Japanese representatives

Botanica Marina

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 258-268

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

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halophila; ITS; Japan; Morphology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA AUSTRALIS; HALOPHILA DECIPIENS; HALOPHILA MINOR; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HYDROCHARITACEAE;

EID: 49949093493     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2008.036     Document Type: Article

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