The green algal genus Cloniophora represents a novel lineage in the ulvales: A proposal for cloniophoraceae fam. nov.

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1379-1387

  Carlile, Amy L ^a   O'Kelly, Charles J ^b   Sherwood, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaetophorales; Cloniophora; Cloniophoraceae; rbcL; SSU; tufA; Type specimen; Ulvales

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHAETOPHORALES; CHLOROPHYCEAE; ULVALES; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 82955213038     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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