The species concept in desmids: The problem of variability, infraspecific taxa and the monothetic species definition

Biologia

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 881-887

  Kouwets, Frans A C ^a,b  

^a Hydrobiological Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desmids; Infraspecific taxa; Monothetic definition; Species concept; Variability

Indexed keywords

DESMIDIALES;

EID: 57349104297     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-008-0135-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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