Classification of Crucigenoid Algae: Phylogenetic Position of the Reinstated Genus Lemmermannia, Tetrastrum spp. Crucigenia tetrapedia, and C. lauterbornii (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)1

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-339

  Bock, Christina ^a,b   Luo, Wei ^c   Kusber, Wolf Henning ^d   Hegewald, Eberhard ^e   Pažoutová, Marie ^f   Krienitz, Lothar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Grüner Weg ^*  (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Crucigenia; ITS; Lemmermannia; Phylogeny; Scenedesmaceae; SSU; Taxonomy; Tetrastrum; Trebouxiophyceae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CRUCIGENIA; CRUCIGENIA LAUTERBORNII; CRUCIGENIA TETRAPEDIA; MANNIA; OOCYSTIS; SCENEDESMACEAE; TETRASTRUM; TETRASTRUM HETERACANTHUM; TETRASTRUM STAUROGENIAEFORME; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84875957865     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12039     Document Type: Article

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