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First data on molecular phylogeny of the monoraphid genus Platessa (Achnanthidiaceae, Bacillariophyceae) on the basis of P. conspicua from Mongolia

  • 1. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, 35 Botanicheskaya St., 127276 Moscow, Russia
  • 2. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, 35 Botanicheskaya St., 127276 Moscow, Russia & Department of Mycology and Algology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
  • 3. Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, 14200 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Tseplik, Natalia, Glushchenko, Anton, Mironov, Andrei, Maltsev, Yevhen, Nergui, Soninkhishig, Kulikovskiy, Maxim (2025): First data on molecular phylogeny of the monoraphid genus Platessa (Achnanthidiaceae, Bacillariophyceae) on the basis of P. conspicua from Mongolia. Phytotaxa 731 (2): 102-114, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.731.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.731.2.1

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