A taxonomic study of the genus padina (dictyotales, phaeophyceae) including the descriptions of four new species from japan, hawaii, and the andaman sea

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1193-1209

  Ni Ni Win, ^a   Hanyuda, Takeaki ^a   Arai, Shogo ^b   Uchimura, Masayuki ^c   Prathep, Anchana ^d   Draisma, Stefano G A ^e   Phang, Siew Moi ^f   Abbott, Isabella A ^g   Millar, Alan J K ^h   Kawai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Marine Algae Research Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

Author keywords

cox3; Dictyotales; Molecular analyses; Padina ishigakiensis; Padina macrophylla; Padina maroensis; Padina usoehtunii; Phaeophyceae; rbcL; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DICTYOTALES; PADINA; PADINA AUSTRALIS; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 80053563836     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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