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Molecular data and culture observations show that the microfilamentous marine alga Uronema marinum Womersley is a member of the genus Okellya Leliaert & Rueness (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta)

  • 1. School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 (Australia)
  • 2. Meise Botanic Garden, 1860 Meise (Belgium)
  • 3. School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 (Australia) heroen@unimelb.edu.au (corresponding author)

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Wetherbee, Richard, Bringloe, Trevor T., Leliaert, Frederik, Verbruggen, Heroen (2024): Molecular data and culture observations show that the microfilamentous marine alga Uronema marinum Womersley is a member of the genus Okellya Leliaert & Rueness (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (3): 31-37, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamiealgologie2024v45a3, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/algologie2024v45a3.pdf

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