The status of Struckia Müll.Hal. (Plagiotheciaceae, Bryopsida) inferred from multiple nuclear and chloroplast loci

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-228

  Zuo, Qin ^a   Higuchi, Masanobu ^b   Wang, You Fang ^a   Arikawa, Tomotsugu ^c   Hirayama, Yumiko ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c Tottori Prefectural Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

GapC; Moss; Phylogeny; Plagiothecium; Plagiothecium piliferum

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; PLAGIOTHECIACEAE; PLAGIOTHECIUM; PLAGIOTHECIUM PILIFERUM; STRUCKIA;

EID: 80053200233     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: 17432820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743282011Y.0000000015     Document Type: Article

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