A case of taxonomic inflation in coccoid algae: Ellipsoidion parvum and Neocystis vischeri are conspecific with Neocystis (=Nephrodiella) brevis (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)

Phytotaxa

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 15-27

  Eliáš, Marek ^a,b   Neustupa, Jiří ^b   Pažoutová, Marie ^c   Škaloud, Pavel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Heterokonten; Morphological plasticity; Phylogenetic diversity; Xanthophyceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878163012     PISSN: 11793155     EISSN: 11793163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.76.2.1     Document Type: Article

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