Assembling the challenging puzzle of algal biodiversity: Species delimitation within the genus Asterochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 507-527

  Škaloud, Pavel ^a   Steinová, Jana ^a   Řídká, Tereza ^a   Vančurová, Lucie ^a   Peksa, Ondřej ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Asterochloris; Cryptic species; Green algae; Lichens; Morphology; Phylogeny; Speciation; Symbiosis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84931562784     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12295     Document Type: Article

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