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2023
De Beer D, Leliaert F, Van der Beeten I & Verloove F. 2023. A reappraisal of the Carex arenaria complex in Flanders (Belgium). Dumortiera 121: 7-17 full text
de Mestier A, Mulcahy D, Harris DJ, Korotkova N, Long S, Häffner E, Paton A, Schiller EK, Leliaert F, Mackenzie-Dodds J, Fulcher T, Stahls G, von Rintelen T, Martín MP, Lücking R, Williams C, Lyal CHC, Güntsch A, Aronsson H, Castelin M, Pielach A, Poczai P, Ruiz-León Y, Sanmartin Bastida I, Thines M, Droege G (2023) Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections. Research Ideas and Outcomes 9: e102908. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.9.e102908
Corrales C, Poczai P, Mulcahy D, Mackenzie-Dodds J, Haring E, Krukenhauser L, Martín MP, Sanmartín I, Ruiz Y, Diéguez-Uribeondo J, Leliaert F, Vondráček D, Ståhls G, Forrest L, Thines M & Astrin JJ. 2023. Genomic Characterisation. in C Carolina & JJ Astrin (eds), Biodiversity Biobanking – a Handbook on Protocols and Practices. Advanced Books, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 145-150. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e101876
Corrales C, Leliaert F, Forrest L, Fulcher T, Poczai P, Haring E, Krukenhauser L, Thines M, Mulcahy D, Mackenzie-Dodds J, Martín MP, Sanmartín I, Ruiz Y, Diéguez-Uribeondo J, Vondráček D, Poczai P & Astrin JJ. 2023. DNA. in C Carolina & JJ Astrin (eds), Biodiversity Biobanking – a Handbook on Protocols and Practices. Advanced Books, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 126-136. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e101876
Corrales C, Leliaert F, Forrest L, Martín MP, Vandelook F, Thines M, Poczai P, Kahila G, Mulcahy D, Haring E, Krukenhauser L, Mackenzie-Dodds J, Nagel M, Ballesteros D & Astrin JJ. 2023. Cryopreservation. in C Carolina & JJ Astrin (eds), Biodiversity Biobanking – a Handbook on Protocols and Practices. Advanced Books, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 97-113. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e101876
Corrales C, Leliaert F & Astrin JJ. 2023. Biobank Management. in C Carolina & JJ Astrin (eds), Biodiversity Biobanking – a Handbook on Protocols and Practices. Advanced Books, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 13-17. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e101876
Pisuttimarn P, Simões ARG, Petrongari FS, Simão-Bianchini R, Barbosa JCJ, de Man I, Martins Fonseca H, Janssens SB, Patil SB, Shimpale VB, Pornpongrungrueng P, Leliaert F & Chatrou LW. 2023. Distimake vitifolius (Convolvulaceae): reclassification of a widespread species in view of phylogenetics and convergent pollen evolution. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac077
Basualdo JP, Zelaya VM, Fernandez PV, Leliaert F, Rodríguez MC, Confalonieri V, Ciancia M. 2023. Two different morphotypes of freshwater Cladophora surera (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) produce similar sulfated cell wall polysaccharides. Algal Research Volume 70: 102956 full text
Tran LA, Leliaert F, Vieira C, Tran TV, Nguyen TV, Dam TD, De Clerck O. 2023. Molecular assessment of Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) diversity in Vietnam including the new species U. vietnamensis. Phycological Research 71: 13-24 full text
Hoffman R, De Clerck O, Leliaert F. 2023. First records of the non-indigenous green algal species Siphonocladus tropicus (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) and Caulerpa integerrima (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea. European Journal of Phycology full text
2022
Tran LAT, Vieira C, Steinhagen S, Maggs CA, Hiraoka M, Shimada S, Van Nguyen T, De Clerck O, Leliaert F. 2022. An appraisal of Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) taxonomy. Journal of Applied Phycology 34: 2689–2703 full text
Hou Z, Ma X, Shi X, Li X, Yang L, Xiao S, De Clerck O, Leliaert F, Zhong B. 2022. Phylotranscriptomic insights into a Mesoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic origin and early radiation of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Nature Communications 13: 1610 full text
Coleman MA, Reddy M, Nimbs MJ, Marshell A, Al-Ghassani SA, Bolton JJ, Jupp BP, De Clerck O, Leliaert F, Champion C, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Madeira P, Wernberg T. 2022. Loss of a globally unique kelp forest from Oman. Scientific Reports 12: 5020 full text
Leliaert F, Kelly EL, Janouškovec J, Fox MD, Johnson MD, Redfern FM, Eria T, Haas AF, Sala E, Sandin SA. 2022. Brilliantia kiribatiensis, a new genus and species of Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) from the remote coral reefs of the Southern Line Islands, Pacific Ocean. Journal of Phycology 58: 183-197 full text
Lagourgue L, Leliaert F, Payri CE. 2022. Historical biogeographical analysis of the Udoteaceae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) elucidates origins of high species diversity in the Central Indo-Pacific, Western Indian Ocean and Greater Caribbean regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 169: 107412 full text
van Kleinwee I, Larridon I, Shah T, Bauters K, Asselman P, Goetghebeur P, Leliaert F, Veltjen E. 2022. Plastid phylogenomics of the Sansevieria Clade of Dracaena (Asparagaceae) resolves a recent radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 169: 107404 full text
Willocx M, Van der Beeten I, Asselman P, Delgat L, Baert W, Janssens SB, Leliaert F, Picron J-F, Vanhee C. 2022. Sorting out the plants responsible for a contamination with pyrrolizidine alkaloids in spice seeds by means of LC-MS/MS and DNA barcoding: proof of principle with cumin and anise spice seeds. Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences 4: 100070 full text
2021
Vieira C, Rasoamanendrika FA, Zubia M, Bolton JJ, Anderson RJ, Engelen AH, D’Hondt S, Leliaert F, Payri C, Kawai H, De Clerck O. 2021. Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the western Indian Ocean: diversity and biogeography. South African Journal of Botany 142: 230-246 full text
Battelli C, Leliaert F. 2021. First report of an aegagropilous form of Cladophora prolifera (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) from the lagoon of Strunjan (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic). Mediterranean Marine Science 22: 496-504 full text
Leliaert F. 2021. Advancing the science of algal taxonomy. Journal of Phycology 57: 412-415 full text
Pang W., Jiang X., Cao Y., Leliaert F. & Wang Q. 2021. Morphological and phylogenetic data confirm the identity of Prasiola fluviatilis (Prasiolales, Trebouxiophyceae) from glacier streams in the Tianshan Mountains, China. Cryptogamie, Algologie 42: 47-58 full text
Christiansen H, Heindler FM, Hellemans B, Jossart Q, Pasotti F, Robert H, Verheye M, Danis B, Kochzius M, Leliaert F, Moreau C, Patel T, Van de Putte AP, Vanreusel A, Volckaert FAM, Schön I. 2021. Facilitating population genomics of non-model organisms through optimized experimental design for reduced representation sequencing. BMC Genomics 22: 625 full text
Rimet F, Aylagas E, Borja A, Bouchez A, Canino A, Chauvin C, Chonova T, Ciampor Jr F, Costa FO, Ferrari BJD, Gastineau R, Goulon C, Gugger M, Holzmann M, Jahn R, Kahlert M, Kusber W-H, Laplace-Treyture C, Leese F, Leliaert F, Mann DG, Marchand F, Méléder V, Pawlowski J, Rasconi S, Rivera S, Rougerie R, Schweizer M, Trobajo R, Vasselon V, Vivien R, Weigand A, Witkowski A, Zimmermann J, Ekrem T. 2021. Metadata standards and practical guidelines for specimen and DNA curation when building barcode reference libraries for aquatic life. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 5: e58056 full text
Vieira C, Steen F, D’hondt S, Bafort Q, Tyberghein L, Fernandez-García C, Wysor B, Tronholm A, Mattio L, Payri C, Kawai H, Saunders G, Leliaert F, Verbruggen H, De Clerck O. 2021. Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade-specific evolutionary processes. Journal of Biogeography 48: 703-715 full text
2020
Dumilag RV, Dumago FS, Cabudoy RKR, Peralta MCE, Li CC, Gamus GCV, Romero RGT, Yap SL, Roleda MY, Geraldino PJL, Verbruggen H, Leliaert F, Draisma SGA, Liao LM, Kraft GT. 2020. The Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta) of eastern Sorsogon, Philippines, including Halimeda magnicuneata sp. nov. (Bryopsidales). Botanica Marina 63: 439-453 full text
Lin S-M, De Clerck O, Leliaert F, Chuang Y-C. 2020. Systematics and biogeography of the red algal genus Yonagunia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Indo-Pacific including the description of two new species from Taiwan. Journal of Phycology 56: 1542-1556 full text
Zhang Z, Qu C, Zhang K, He Y, Zhao X, Yang L, Zheng Z, Ma X, Wang X, Wang W, Wang K, Li D, Zhang L, Zhang X, Su D, Chang X, Zhou M, Gao D, Jiang W, Leliaert F, Bhattacharya D, De Clerck O, Zhong B, Miao J. 2020. Adaptation to extreme Antarctic environments revealed by the genome of a sea ice green alga. Current Biology 30: 3330-3341.e7 full text
Zhu H, Sun H, Zhijuan Z, Liu X, Liu B, Hu Z, Leliaert F, Liu G. 2020. Chlorocladiella gen. nov. (Pithophoraceae, Cladophorales, Chlorophyta), including four new species from various freshwater habitats in China. Journal of Phycology 56: 895–907 full text
Del Cortona A, Jackson CJ, Bucchini F, Van Bel M, D’hondt S, Škaloud P, Delwiche CF, Knoll AH, Raven JA, Verbruggen H, Vandepoele K, De Clerck O & Leliaert F. 2020. Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds. PNAS full text | bioRxiv
Reddy MM, De Clerck O, Leliaert F, Anderson RJ, Bolton JJ. 2020. An appraisal of the genus Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from southern Africa based on a multi-gene phylogeny, morphology and ecology, including the description of Pyropia meridionalis sp. nov. South African Journal of Botany 131: 18-32 full text
2019
Kerkhove TRH, Boyen J, De Backer A, Mol JH, Volckaert FAM, Leliaert F & De Troch M. 2019. Multilocus data reveal cryptic species in the Atlantic seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Crustacea: Decapoda). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: 127: 847–862 full text
Leliaert F. 2019. Green Algae: Chlorophyta and Streptophyta. In: Schmidt, Thomas M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 4th Edition. vol. 2, pp. 457-468. UK: Elsevier. full text
Sherwood AR, Boedeker C, Havens AJ, Carlile AL, Wilcox MD & Leliaert F. 2019. Newly discovered molecular and ecological diversity within the widely distributed green algal genus Pseudorhizoclonium (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae). Phycologia 58: 83-94 full text
Sherwood A, Boedeker C & Leliaert F (2019) Validation of new combinations in Pseudorhizoclonium Boedeker (Cladophoraceae, Chlorophyta). Notulae Algarum 91: 1 full text
Cremen CM, Leliaert F, West J, Lam DW, Shimada S, Lopez-Bautista JM, Verbruggen H. 2019. Reassessment of the classification of Bryopsidales (Chlorophyta) based on chloroplast phylogenomic analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 397–405 full text
2018
De Clerck O, Kao S-M, Bogaert KA, Blomme J, Foflonker F, Kwantes M, Vancaester E, Vanderstraeten L, Aydogdu E, Boesger J, Califano G, Charrier B, Clewes R, Del Cortona A, D’Hondt S, Fernandez-Pozo N, Gachon CM, Hanikenne M, Lattermann L, Leliaert F, Liu X, Maggs CA, Popper ZA, Raven JA, Van Bel M, Wilhelmsson PKI, Bhattacharya D, Coates JC, Rensing SA, Van Der Straeten D, Vardi A, Sterck L, Vandepoele K, Van de Peer Y, Wichard T, Bothwell JH. 2018. Insights into the evolution of multicellularity from the Sea Lettuce genome. Current Biology 28:2921-2933.e5 full text
Boedeker C, Leliaert F, Timoshkin OA, Vishnyakov V, Diaz Martinez S & Zuccarello GC (2018) The endemic Cladophorales (Ulvophyceae) of ancient Lake Baikal represent a monophyletic group of very closely related but morphologically diverse species. Journal of Phycology 54:616-629 full text
Leliaert F, Payo DA, Gurgel CFD, Schils T, Draisma SGA, Saunders GW, Kamiya M, Sherwood AR, Lin S-M, Huisman JM, Le Gall L, Anderson RJ, Bolton JJ, Mattio L, Zubia M, Spokes T, Vieira C, Payri CE, Coppejans E, D’Hondt S, Verbruggen H & De Clerck O (2018) Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria. Journal of Biogeography 45:2299-2313 full text
Fang L, Leliaert F, Novis PM, Zhang Z, Zhu H, Liu G, Penny D, Zhong B (2018) Improving phylogenetic inference of core Chlorophyta using chloroplast sequences with strong phylogenetic signals and heterogeneous models. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 248-255 full text
Cremen MC, Leliaert F, Marcelino VR, Verbruggen H. (2018) Large diversity of non-standard genes and dynamic evolution of chloroplast genomes in siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Genome Biology and Evolution 10: 1048–1061 full text
Škaloud, P., Rindi, F., Boedeker, C. & Leliaert, F. (2018) Freshwater Flora of Central Europe, Vol 13: Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Bd. 13: Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae). Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. 288 pp. full text
Yazdani Foshtomi M, Leliaert F, Derycke S, Willems A, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J. 2018. The effect of bio-irrigation by the polychaete Lanice conchilega on active denitrifiers: Distribution, diversity and composition of nosZ gene. PLoS One 13: e0192391 full text
Reddy MM, De Clerck O, Leliaert F, Anderson RJ, Bolton JJ. 2018. A rosette by any other name: species diversity in the Bangiales (Rhodophyta) along the South African coast. European Journal of Phycology 53: 67-82 full text
Del Cortona A, Leliaert F, 2018. Molecular evolution and morphological diversification of ulvophytes (Chlorophyta). Perspectives in Phycology 5: 27-43 full text
Vranken S, Bosch S, Peña V, Leliaert F, Mineur F, De Clerck O. 2018. A risk assessment of aquarium trade introductions of seaweed in European waters. Biological Invasions 20: 1171–1187 full text
Zubia M, De Clerck O, Leliaert F, Payri C, Mattio L, Vieira C, et al. 2018. Diversity and assemblage structure of tropical marine flora on lava flows of different ages. Aquatic Botany 144: 20-30 full text
2017
Del Cortona A, Leliaert F, Bogaert KA, Turmel M, Boedeker C, Janouškovec J, Lopez-Bautista JM, Verbruggen H, Vandepoele K, De Clerck O. 2017. The plastid genome in Cladophorales green algae is encoded by hairpin chromosomes. Current Biology 24:3771–3782 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.004.
Škaloud P. & Leliaert F. 2017. Validation of the genus Hazenia H.C.Bold 1958 (Ulvophyceae). Notulae Algarum No. 41
Sahraean N, Van Campenhout J, Rigaux A, Mosallanejad H, Leliaert F, Moens T. 2017. Lack of population genetic structure in the marine nematodes Ptycholaimellus pandispiculatus and Terschellingia longicaudata in beaches of the Persian Gulf, Iran. Marine Ecology 38: e12426.
Hauquier F, Leliaert F, Rigaux A, Derycke S, Vanreusel A. 2017. Distinct genetic differentiation and species diversification within two marine nematodes with different habitat preference in Antarctic sediments. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 120. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0968-1
Boedeker C, Leliaert F, Zuccarello GC. 2017. Genetic diversity and biogeography in Chaetomorpha melagonium (Ulvophyceae, Cladophorales) based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS rDNA) sequences. Botanica Marina 60: 319-325 doi: 10.1515/bot-2016-0129
Coppejans E, Prathep A, Lewmanomont K, Hayashizaki K-i, De Clerck O, Leliaert F, Terada R. 2017. Seaweeds and seagrasses of the southern Andaman Sea coast of Thailand. Kagoshima University Museum. 245 pp. full text
Liu X, Bogaert K, Engelen AH, Leliaert F, Roleda MY, De Clerck O. 2017. Seaweed reproductive biology: environmental and genetic controls. Botanica Marina 60:89-108 full text
Fang L, Leliaert F, Zhang Z-H, Penny D and Zhong B-J. 2017. Evolution of the Chlorophyta: Insights from chloroplast phylogenomic analyses. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55: 322-332 full text
Leliaert F, De Clerck O. 2017. Refining species boundaries in algae. Journal of Phycology 53: 12-16 full text pre-print
Vieira C, Camacho O, Sun Z, Fredericq S, Leliaert F, Payri C, De Clerck O. 2017. Historical biogeography of the highly diverse brown seaweed Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 110: 81–92 full text
Lins L, Leliaert F, Riehl T, Pinto Ramalho S, Alfaro Cordova E, Morgado Esteves A, Vanreusel A. 2017. Evaluating environmental drivers of spatial variability in free-living nematode assemblages along the Portuguese margin. Biogeosciences 14: 651-669 full text
2016
Boedeker C, Leliaert F, Zuccarello GC. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of the Cladophoraceae (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae), with the resurrection of Acrocladus Nägeli and Willeella Børgesen, and the description of Lurbica gen. nov. and Pseudorhizoclonium gen. nov. Journal of Phycology 52: 905–928. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12457 | Algae Highlights
Vieira C, Camacho O, Wynne MJ, Mattio L, Anderson RJ, Bolton JJ, Sansón M, D’Hondt S, Leliaert F, Fredericq S, Payri C, De Clerck O. 2016. Shedding new light on old algae: Matching names and sequences in the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Taxon 65: 689-707
Leliaert F, Tronholm A, Lemieux C, Turmel M, DePriest MS, Bhattacharya D, Karol KG, Fredericq S, Zechman FW, Lopez-Bautista JM. 2016. Chloroplast phylogenomic analyses reveal the deepest-branching lineage of the Chlorophyta, Palmophyllophyceae class. nov. Scientific Reports 6:25367 full text | Nature News | newswise | lefil
2015
Steen F, Vieira C, Leliaert F, Payri EC, De Clerck O (2015) Biogeographic affinities of Dictyotales from Madagascar: A phylogenetic approach. Cryptogamie Algologie 36:129-141 pdf
Leliaert F & Lopez-Bautista JM (2015) The chloroplast genomes of Bryopsis plumosa and Tydemania expeditionis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta): compact genomes and genes of bacterial origin. BMC Genomics 16:204. full text
Zhu H, Leliaert F, Zhao Z-J, Xia S, Hu Z-Y, Liu G-X. (2015) Ulvella tongshanensis (Ulvellaceae, Chlorophyta), a new freshwater species from China, and an emended morphological circumscription of the genus Ulvella. Fottea 15: 95-104. full text
Melton JT, III, Leliaert F, Tronholm A, & Lopez-Bautista JM (2015) The complete chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of the green macroalga Ulva sp. UNA00071828 (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). PLoS One 10(4):e0121020. full text
Leliaert F, Lopez-Bautista JM & De Clerck O (2015) Class Ulvophyceae K.R.Mattox & K.D.Stewart. and Order Palmophyllales Zechman, Verbruggen, Leliaert et al.. In: Syllabus of Plant Families – A. Engler’s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien Part 2/1: Photoautotrophic eukaryotic Algae (Ed. W Frey). Schweizerbart, Stuttgart. pp. 247-281 book
Huisman JM & Leliaert F (2015) Cladophorales. In: Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia. 1. Green and Brown Algae (JM Huisman). CSIRO Publishing. pp. 32-67. book
2014
Fučíková K, Leliaert F, Cooper E, Škaloud P, D’hondt S, De Clerck O, Gurgel F, Lewis L, Lewis P, Lopez-Bautista J, Delwiche CF & Verbruggen H (2014) New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2:63. full text.
Leliaert F, Verbruggen H, D’hondt S, López-Bautista JM & De Clerck O (2014) The forgotten genus Pseudoderbesia (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 35: 207-219. pdf
Jurdíková K, Kulichová J, Bestová H, Leliaert F & Škaloud P (2014) Exploration of nuclear DNA markers for population structure assessment in the desmid Micrasterias rotata (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 61: 509–519. pdf
Leliaert F, Verbruggen H, Vanormelingen P, Steen F, Lopez-Bautista JM, Zuccarello GC & De Clerck O (2014) DNA-based species delimitation in algae. European Journal of Phycology 49: 179-196. html | pdf
2013
Collado-Vides L, Avila C, Blair S, Leliaert F, Rodriguez D, Thyberg T, Schneider S, Rojas J, Sweeney P, Drury C, Lirman D (2013) A persistent bloom of Anadyomene J.V.Lamouroux (Anadyomenaceae, Chlorophyta) in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Aquatic Botany 111: 95-103. pdf
Hollants J, Leliaert L, Verbruggen H, De Clerck O & Willems A (2013) Host specificity and coevolution of Flavobacteriaceae endosymbionts within the siphonous green seaweed Bryopsis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67: 608-614. pdf
De Clerck O, Guiry MD, Leliaert F, Samyn F & Verbruggen H (2013) Algal taxonomy: A road to nowhere? Journal of Phycology 49: 215-225. pdf
Arora M, Anil AC, Leliaert F, Delany J & Mesbahi E (2013) Tetraselmis indica (Chlorodendrophyceae, Chlorophyta), a new species isolated from salt pans in Goa, India. European Journal of Phycology 48: 61-78. pdf | The Times of India
Tronholm A, Afonso-Carrillo J, Sansón M, Leliaert F, Fernández-García C & De Clerck O (2013). Taxonomy of the Dictyota ciliolata – crenulata complex (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Phycologia 52: 171-181. pdf
Škaloud P, Kalina T, Nemjová K, De Clerck O & Leliaert F (2013). Morphology and phylogenetic position of the freshwater green microalgae Chlorochytrium (Chlorophyceae) and Scotinosphaera (Scotinosphaerales, ord. nov., Ulvophyceae). Journal of Phycology 49: 115-129. pdf
Boedeker C, Karsten U, Leliaert F, Zuccarello GC (2013) Molecular, biochemical and morphological data suggest an affiliation of Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis with the Trentepohliales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phycological Research 61: 133-144. pdf
Silberfeld T, Bittner L, Fernandez-Garcia C, Cruaud C, Rousseau F, de Reviers B, Leliaert F, Payri CE & De Clerck O (2013) Species diversity, phylogeny and large scale biogeographical patterns of the genus Padina (Phaeophyceae, Dictyotales). Journal of Phycology 49: 130-142. pdf
Hollants J., Leliaert F., Verbruggen H., Willems A. & De Clerck O. (2013) Permanent residents or temporary lodgers: characterizing intracellular bacterial communities in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280: 20122659. pdf | suppl. material
Payo D.A., Leliaert F., Verbruggen H., D’hondt S., Calumpong H. & De Clerck O. (2013) Extensive cryptic species diversity and fine scale endemism in the marine red alga Portieria in the Philippines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280: 20122660 pdf | suppl. material
Hollants J, Leliaert F, De Clerck O & Willems A (2013) What we can learn from sushi: a review on seaweed-bacterial associations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 83: 1-16. pdf
2012
De Clerck O, Bogaert KA & Leliaert F (2012) Diversity and evolution of algae: Primary endosymbiosis. Advances in Botanical Research 64: 55-86. pdf
Boedeker C, O’Kelly CJ, Star W & Leliaert F (2012) Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Aegagropila clade (Cladophorales,Ulvophyceae), including the description of Aegagropilopsis gen. nov. and Pseudocladophora gen. nov.. Journal of Phycology: 48:808-825. pdf
Ciancia M, Alberghina J, Arata PX, Benavidez H, Leliaert F, Verbruggen H & Estevez JM (2012) Characterization of cell wall polysaccharides of the coenocytic green seaweed Bryopsis plumosa (Bryopsidaceae, Chlorophyta) from the Argentine coast. Journal of Phycology 48: 326-335. pdf
Leliaert F, Smith DR, Moreau H, Herron MD, Verbruggen H, Delwiche CF & De Clerck O (2012) Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 31: 1-46 pdf | html
Tronholm A, Leliaert F, Sansón M, Afonso-Carrillo J, Tyberghein L, Verbruggen H & De Clerck O (2012) Contrasting geographical distributions as a result of thermal tolerance and long-distance dispersal in two allegedly widespread tropical brown algae. PLoS ONE 7: e30813 pdf
2011
Hollants J, Decleyre H, Leliaert F, De Clerck O & Willems A (2011) Life without a cell membrane: challenging the specificity of bacterial endophytes within Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). BMC Microbiology 11: 255. pdf
Hollants J, Leroux O, Leliaert F, Decleyre H, De Clerck O & Willems A (2011) Who is in there? Exploration of endophytic bacteria within the marine green alga Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). PLoS ONE 6: e26458. pdf
Vannerum K, Huysman MJJ, De Rycke R, Vuylsteke M, Leliaert F, Pollier J, Lütz-Meindl U, Gillard J, De Veylder L, Goossens A, Inzé D & Vyverman W (2011) Transcriptional analysis of cell growth and morphogenesis in the unicellular green alga Micrasterias (Streptophyta), with emphasis on the role of expansin. BMC Plant Biology 11:128. pdf
Leliaert F., Verbruggen H. & Zechman F.W. (2011) Into the deep: new discoveries at the base of the green plant phylogeny. BioEssays 33: 683–692. html | pdf
Leliaert F, Payo DA, Calumpong HP & De Clerck O (2011) Chaetomorpha philippinensis (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta), a new marine microfilamentous green alga from tropical waters. Phycologia 50: 384-391. pdf
Coppejans E, Leliaert F, Verbruggen H, Prathep A & De Clerck O (2011) Rhipidosiphon lewmanomontiae sp. nov., a new calcified udoteacean species from the central Indo-Pacific based on morphological and molecular investigations (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 50: 403-412. pdf
van Gremberghe I., Leliaert F., Mergeay J., Vanormelingen P., Van der Gucht K., Debeer A.E., Lacerot G., De Meester L. & Vyverman W. (2011) Lack of phylogeographic structure in the freshwater cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa suggests global dispersal. PLoS ONE 6: e19561. pdf
Leliaert F., D’hondt S., Tyberghein L., Verbruggen H. & De Clerck O. (2011). Atypical development of Chaetomorpha antennina in culture (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta).Phycological Research 59: 91-97. pdf
Leliaert F., De Clerck O. & Coppejans E. (2011) Marine macroalgae – Seaweeds. In: Richmond M.D. (ed) A fieldguide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Revised 3rd edition Sida & WIOMSA. pp 80-105
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Tronholm A., Steen F., Tyberghein L., Leliaert F., Verbruggen H., Ribera Siguan M.A. & De Clerck O. (2010). Species delimitation, taxonomy and biogeography of Dictyota in Europe (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 46: 1301-1321. pdf
Coppejans E., Prathep A., Leliaert F., Lewmanomont K. & De Clerck O. (2010) Seaweeds of Mu Ko Tha Lae Thai (SE Thailand) Methodologies and field guide to the dominant species. Biodiversity Research and Training Program (BRT), Bangkok, 274 pp. pdf
Cocquyt E., Gile, G.H., Leliaert F., Verbruggen H., Keeling P.J.& De Clerck O. (2010) Complex phylogenetic distribution of a non-canonical genetic code in green algae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 327. pdf | Thoughtomics
Zechman F.W., Verbruggen H., Leliaert F., Buchheim M.A., Fawley M.W., Ashworth M., Spalding H., Pueschel C.M., Buchheim J.A., Verghese B. & Hanisak M.D. (2010). An unrecognized ancient lineage of green plants persists in deep marine waters. Journal of Phycology 46:1288–1295. pdf | BBC Earth News
Casteleyn G, Leliaert F, Backeljau T, Debeer A-E, Kotaki Y, Rhodes L, Lundholm N, Sabbe S & Vyverman W (2010) Limits to gene flow in a cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107: 12952-12957. pdf | ScienceDaily
Cocquyt E., Verbruggen H., Leliaert F. & De Clerck O. (2010). Evolution and cytological diversification of the green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 2052–2061. pdf
Hollants J.K., Leliaert F., De Clerck O. & Willems A. (2010) . How endo- is endo-? Surface sterilization of delicate samples: A Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) case study. Symbiosis 51: 131-138. pdf
Vyverman W., Verleyen E., Wilmotte A., Hodgson D.A., Willems A., Peeters K., Van de Vijver B., De Wever A., Leliaert F. & Sabbe K. (2010) Evidence for widespread endemism among Antarctic micro-organisms. Polar Science 4: 103-113. pdf
Coppejans E., Leliaert F., Dargent O., Gunasekara R. & De Clerck O. (2009). Sri Lankan seaweeds: Methodologies and field guide to the dominant species. ABC Taxa 6: 265 pp. pdf
Huisman JM, Leliaert F, Verbruggen H & Townsend RA (2009).Marine benthic plants of Western Australia’s shelf-edge atolls. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 77: 50-87. pdf
Leliaert F., Rueness J., Boedeker C., Maggs C.A., Cocquyt E., Verbruggen H. & De Clerck O. (2009) Systematics of the marine microfilamentous green algae Uronema curvatum and Urospora microscopica (Chlorophyta). European Journal of Phycology 44: 487–496. pdf
Zuccarello G.C., Price N., Verbruggen H. & Leliaert F. (2009) Analysis of a plastid multigene dataset and the phylogenetic position of the marine macroalga Caulerpa filiformis (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 45: 1206-1212. pdf
De Wever A., Leliaert F., Verleyen E., Vanormelingen P., Van der Gucht K., Hodgson D.A., Sabbe K. & Vyverman W. (2009) Hidden levels of phylodiversity in Antarctic green algae: further evidence for the existence of glacial refugia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 3591–3599. pdf
Leliaert F., Verbruggen H., Wysor B. & De Clerck O. (2009) DNA taxonomy in morphologically plastic taxa: algorithmic species delimitation in the Boodlea complex (Chlorophyta: Siphonocladales). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 122–133. pdf
Verbruggen H., Tyberghein L., Pauly K., Van Nieuwenhuyse K., Vlaeminck C., Kooistra W.H.C.F., Leliaert F. & De Clerck O. (2009) Macroecology meets macroevolution: Evolutionary niche dynamics in the marine green alga Halimeda. Global Ecology and Biogeography 18: 393-405. pdf
Verbruggen H., Vlaeminck C., Sauvage T., Sherwood A.R., Leliaert F. & De Clerck O. (2009) Phylogenetic analysis of Pseudochlorodesmis strains reveals cryptic diversity above the family level in the siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 45: 726-731. pdf
Leliaert F., Boedeker C., Pena V., Bunker F., Verbruggen H. & De Clerck O. (2009) Cladophora rhodolithicola sp. nov. (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta), a diminutive species from European maerl beds. European Journal of Phycology. 44: 155-169. pdf
Leliaert F., Zhang X., Ye N., Malta E.J., Engelen A.E., Mineur F., Verbruggen H. & De Clerck O. (2009) Identity of the Qingdao algal bloom. Phycological Research 57: 147-151. pdf | Nature News
Cocquyt E., Verbruggen H., Leliaert F., Zechman F.W., Sabbe K. & De Clerck O. (2009) Gain and loss of elongation factor genes in green algae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 39. pdf
Verbruggen H., Ashworth M., LoDuca S.T., Vlaeminck C., Cocquyt E., Sauvage T., Zechman F.W., Littler D.S., Littler M.M., Leliaert F. & De Clerck O. (2009) A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 642-653. pdf
Leliaert F., Wysor B., Verbruggen H., Vlaeminck C. & De Clerck O. (2008) Phyllodictyon robustum (Setchell et Gardner) comb. nov. (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta), a morphologically variable species from the tropical Pacific coast of America. Cryptogamie Algologie 29: 217-233. pdf
Bert W., Leliaert F., Vierstraete A.R., Vanfleteren J.R. & Borgonie G. (2008) Molecular phylogeny of the Tylenchina and evolution of the female gonoduct (Nematoda: Rhabditida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 728-744. pdf
De Clerck O., Verbruggen H., Huisman J.M., Faye E.J., Leliaert F., Schils T. & Coppejans E. (2008) Systematics and biogeography of the genus Pseudocodium (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), including the description of P. natalense sp. nov. from South Africa. Phycologia 47: 225-235. pdf
Casteleyn G., Chepurnov V.A., Leliaert F., Mann D.G., Bates S.S., Lundholm N., Rhodes L., Sabbe K. & Vyverman W. (2008) Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Bacillariophyceae): A cosmopolitan diatom species?. Harmful Algae 7: 241-257. pdf
Leliaert F., Malta E.J., Engelen A.H., Mineur F. & De Clerck O. (2008) Quindao algal bloom culprit identified. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 1516. pdf
Leliaert F. & Boedeker C. (2007) Cladophorales. In: Brodie J., Maggs C.A. & John D. (eds.) Green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. The British Phycological Society. pp 131-183
Leliaert F., Huisman J. & Coppejans E. (2007) Phylogenetic position of Boodlea vanbosseae (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 28: 337-351. pdf
Leliaert F., Millar A.J.K., Vlaeminck C. & Coppejans E. (2007) Systematics of the green macroalgal genus Chamaedoris Montagne (Siphonocladales), with an emended description of the genus Struvea Sonder. Phycologia 46: 709-725. pdf
Pröschold T. & Leliaert F. (2007) Systematics of the green algae: Conflict of classic and modern approaches. In: Brodie J., Lewis J.M. (eds.) Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algal systematics. Taylor and Francis. pp 123-153. pdf
Leliaert F., De Clerck O., Verbruggen H., Boedeker, C. & Coppejans E. (2007) Molecular phylogeny of the Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta: Cladophorophyceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 1237-1256. pdf
Verbruggen H., Leliaert F., Maggs C.A., Shimada S., Schils T., Provan J., Booth D., Murphy S., De Clerck O., Littler D.S., Littler M.M. & Coppejans E. (2007) Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships within the green algal genus Codium (Bryopsidales) based on plastid DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 240-254. pdf
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2007) Morphological re-assessment of the Boodlea composita-Phyllodictyon anastomosans species complex (Siphonocladales: Chlorophyta). Australian Systematic Botany 20: 161-185. pdf
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2007) Systematics of two deep-water species from the Indo-West Pacific: Struvea gardineri A. Gepp & E. Gepp and Phyllodictyon orientale (A.Gepp & E.Gepp) Kraft & M.J. Wynne (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 115-132. pdf
De Clerck O., Leliaert F., Verbruggen H., Lane C.E., De Paula J.C., Payo D.A. & Coppejans E. (2006) A revised classification of the Dictyoteae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence analyses. Journal of Phycology 42: 1271-1288. pdf
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2006) A revision of Cladophoropsis Børgesen (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 45: 657-679. pdf
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2006) Cladophora mamillata (Cladophorophyceae, Chlorophyta): a little-known algal species from New Caledonia. Belgian Journal of Botany 139: 120-123. pdf
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2004) Crystalline cell inclusions: a new diagnostic character in the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta). Phycologia 43: 189-203. pdf
Bolton J.J. , Leliaert F., De Clerck O., Anderson R.J., Engledow H.E. & Coppejans E. (2004) Where is the western limit of the tropical Indian Ocean seaweed flora? An analysis of intertidal seaweed biogeography on the east coast of South Africa. Marine Biology 144: 51-59. pdf
Coppejans E., Leliaert F., Verbruggen H., De Clerck O., Schils T., De Vriese T. & Marie D. (2004) The marine green and brown algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean). Journal of Natural History 38: 2959-3019. pdf
De Clerck O., Coppejans E., Schils T., Verbruggen H., Leliaert F., De Vriese T. & Marie D. (2004) The marine red algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean). Journal of Natural History 38: 3021-3057. pdf
Schils T., Coppejans E., Verbruggen H., De Clerck O. & Leliaert F. (2004) The marine flora of Rodrigues (Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean): an island with low habitat diversity or one in the process of colonization?. Journal of Natural History 38: 3059-3076. pdf
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2004) Seagrasses and seaweeds. Standard Survey Methods for Key Habitats and Key Species in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. PERSGA Technical Series No. 10. PERSGA, Jeddah. pp. 101-124. pdf
Leliaert F. (2004) Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies in the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta). Doctoral thesis. April 1, 2004. Ghent University. 294 pp. pdf
Leliaert F., Rousseau F., de Reviers B. & Coppejans E. (2003) Phylogeny of the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta) inferred from partial LSU rRNA gene sequences: is the recognition of a separate order Siphonocladales justified?. European Journal of Phycology 38: 233-246. pdf
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2003) The marine species of Cladophora (Chlorophyta) from the South African East Coast. Nova Hedwigia 76: 45-82. pdf
Coppejans E., Leliaert F. & Schils T. (2002) New records of marine benthic algae for the Mozambican coast, collected at Inhaca Island. South African Journal of Botany 68: 342-348. pdf
Schils T., De Clerck O., Leliaert F., Bolton J. & Coppejans E. (2001) The change in macroalgal assemblages through the Saldanha Bay/Langebaan Lagoon ecosystem (South Africa). Botanica Marina 44: 295-305. pdf
Coppejans E., Leliaert F., Dargent O. & De Clerck O. (2001) Marine green algae (Chlorophyta) from the north coast of Papua New Guinea. Cryptogamie-Algologie 22: 375-443. pdf
De Smedt G., De Clerck O., Leliaert F., Liao L. & Coppejans E. (2001) Morphology and systematics of the genus Halymenia (Halymeniales, Rhodophyta) in the Philippines. Nova Hedwigia 73: 293-322 full text (pdf)
Leliaert F., Vanreusel W., De Clerck O. & Coppejans E. (2001) Epiphytic algae on the seagrasses of Zanzibar Island (Tanzania), floristic and ecological aspects. Belgian Journal of Botany 134: 3-20 full text (pdf)
Coppejans E., De Clerck O. & Leliaert F. (2001) Marine brown algae (Phaeophyta) from the north coast of Papua New Guinea, with a description of Dictyota magneana sp. nov.. Cryptogamie-Algologie 22: 15-40. pdf
Leliaert F., De Clerck O., Bolton J.J. & Coppejans E. (2001) New records of the Chlorophyta from South Africa, with the emphasis on the marine benthic flora of Kwazulu-Natal. South African Journal of Botany 67: 450-459. pdf
Wynne M. & Leliaert F. (2000) Pedobesia simplex (Meneghini) comb. nov. (Chlorophyta), an older name for P. lamourouxii and its first report from the Indian Ocean. Cryptogamie Algologie 22(1) : 3-14. pdf
Leliaert F., Anderson R.J., Bolton J.J. & Coppejans E. (2000) Subtidal understorey algal community structure in kelp beds around the Cape Peninsula (Western Cape, South Africa). Botanica Marina 43: 359-366. full text (pdf)
Leliaert F., Kerckhof F. & Coppejans E. (2000) Eerste waarnemingen van Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) en de epifyt Pterothamnion plumula (Ellis) Nägeli (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in Noord Frankrijk en België. Dumortiera 75: 5-10. pdf
Coppejans E., Leliaert F. & De Clerck O. (1999) Annotated list of new records of marine macroalgae for Kenya and Tanzania, since Isaac’s and Jaasund’s publications. Biologisch Jaarboek Dodonaea 67: 31-93. pdf
Coppejans E., De Clerck O. & F. Leliaert (1999) New records of the green-algal genus Rhipiliopsis (Udoteaceae, Caulerpales) from Papua New Guinea and the Seychelles Islands, including the description of Rhipiliopsis papuensis Coppejans, De Clerck et Leliaert, sp. nov. Botanica Marina 42: 377-382. pdf
Leliaert F. (1999) Marine benthic macroalgae and seagrasses of the Socotra Archipelago. In: Hariri K.I. & Krupp F. (eds.) Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity of Socotra Archipelago. Marine Habitat, Biodiversity and Fisheries Surveys and management. Report of Phase II. Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany. 12 pp. pdf
Coppejans E., De Clerck O. & Leliaert F. (1998) Caulerpa sedoides f. geminata (Chlorophyta) from Papua New Guinea, and a reappraisal of the different forms of C. sedoides. Phycological Research 46: 131-137. pdf
Leliaert F., Coppejans E. & De Clerck O. (1998) The Siphonocladales sensu Egerod (Chlorophyta) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Belgian Journal of Botany 130: 177-197. full text (pdf)
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