Resolving phenotypic plasticity and species designation in the morphologically challenging Caulerpa racemosa-peltata complex (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-54

  Belton, Gareth S ^a   van Reine, Willem F Prud'homme ^b   Huisman, John M ^c,d   Draisma, Stefano G A ^e   Gurgel, Carlos Frederico D ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^f South Australian State Herbarium ^*  (Australia)

^g SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caulerpa; chemnitzia; GMYC; Nomenclature; peltata; Phenotypic plasticity; racemosa; rbcL; Species delimitation; Taxonomy; tufA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894055047     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12132     Document Type: Article

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