Parmelia sulcata (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae), a sympatric monophyletic species complex

Lichenologist

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 585-601

  Molina, Maria Del Carmen ^a   Divakar, Pradeep K ^b   Millanes, Ana M ^a   Sánchez, Edinson ^a   Del Prado, Ruth ^b   Hawksworth, David L ^b   Crespo, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

cryptic species; genetic distances; group I intron; lichens; Parmelia encryptata; species concepts; typification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857278899     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000521     Document Type: Article

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