Oricymba (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyceae), a new cymbelloid genus and three new species from the Nepalese Himalaya

Phycologia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 407-423

  Jüttner, Ingrid ^a   Krammer, Kurt ^b   Van De Vijver, Bart ^c   Tuji, Akihiro ^d   Simkhada, Bishnu ^b   Gurung, Smriti ^e   Sharma, Subodh ^e   Sharma, Chhatra ^e   Cox, Eileen J ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Bryophyta and Thallophyta ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^e KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Cymbella japonica; Cymbellales; Diatoms; Nepal; New genus; Oricymha

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYMBELLA; CYMBELLALES; JAPONICA;

EID: 78149304519     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/09-77.1     Document Type: Article

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