Morphology of new taxa in the Cymbella aspera and Cymbella neocistula groups, Cymbella yakii sp. nov., and Cymbella cf. Hantzschiana from Everest National Park, Nepal

Polish Botanical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-92

  Jüttner, Ingrid ^a   Gurung, Smriti ^b   Sharma, Chhatra ^b   Sharma, Subodh ^b   De Haan, Myriam ^c   Van Vijver, Bart D E ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Algae; Bacillariophyceae; Gokyo; Himalaya; New species

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIATOM; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL]; SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYMBELLA; CYMBELLA ASPERA; CYMBELLA PARVA;

EID: 78149294671     PISSN: 16418190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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