Putting incertae sedis taxa in their place: A proposal for ten new families and three new genera in Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-25

  Fučíková, Karolina ^a   Lewis, Paul O ^a   Lewis, Louise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccoid; Cryptic genera; PsaB; PsbC; RbcL; RDNA; Taxonomic revision; TufA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894040153     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12118     Document Type: Article

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