An overview of the biodiversity and biogeography of terrestrial green algae

Biodiversity Hotspots

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 105-122

  Rindi, Fabio ^a   Allali, Haj A ^a   Lam, Daryl W ^b   López Bautista, Juan M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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