Taxonomic reexamination of chara globularis (charales, charophyceae) from Japan based on oospore morphology and rbcl gene sequences, and the description of c. leptospora sp. nov.1

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 917-927

  Sakayama, Hidetoshi ^a,f   Kasai, Fumie ^b   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a   Watanabe, Makoto ^c   Kawachi, Masanobu ^b   Shigyo, Mikao ^a   Nishihiro, Jun ^d   Washitani, Izumi ^d   Krienitz, Lothar ^e   Ito, Motomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charales; Charophyceae; Charopsis; Morphology; New species; Oospores rbcL gene; Scanning electron microscopy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHARA; CHARA GLOBULARIS; CHARALES; CHAROPHYCEAE; LEPTOSPORA;

EID: 69849090589     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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