Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado

Morphological and Molecular Evidence Supports Recognition of Austrochondria Gen. Nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) for the Chilean Endemic Laurencia chilensis

Many red algal species described solely from morphology have historically been assigned to inappropriate genera because of superficial morphological similarity. Laurencia chilensis, originally described for specimens from Chile, has long been recognized as the only representative...