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2012
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: DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01145.x
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

html		 Leliaert F., Smith D.R., Moreau H., Herron M.D., Verbruggen H., Delwiche C.F. & De Clerck O. (2012)
Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae
Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 31: 1-46
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

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
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
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

html		 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
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
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
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
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

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

2010
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
... 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.
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
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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
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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 (www.pnas.org)
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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
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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
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

2009
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.

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

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

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
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

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

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

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

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

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
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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
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

2008
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
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
Leliaert F. (2008)
Book review: Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae
Cryptogamie Algologie 29: 187-190
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
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
Leliaert F., Malta E.J., Engelen A.H., Mineur F. & De Clerck O. (2008)
Quindao algal bloom culprit identified
Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 1516

2007

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
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
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
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
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
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2007)
Morphological re-assessment of the Boodlea composita-Phyllodictyon anastomosans species complex (Siphonocladales: Chlorophyta)
Australian Systematic Botany 20: 161-185
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

2006
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
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2006)
A revision of Cladophoropsis Børgesen (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta)
Phycologia 45: 657-679
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2006)
Cladophora mamillata (Cladophorophyceae, Chlorophyta): a little-known algal species from New Caledonia
Belgian Journal of Botany 139: 120-123

2004
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2004)
Crystalline cell inclusions: a new diagnostic character in the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta)
Phycologia 43: 189-203
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
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
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
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
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
Leliaert F. (2004)
Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies in the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta)
Doctoral thesis. April 1, 2004. Ghent University. 294 pp.

2003
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
Leliaert F. & Coppejans E. (2003)
The marine species of Cladophora (Chlorophyta) from the South African East Coast
Nova Hedwigia 76: 45-82

2002
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

2001
Bolton J.J., Coppejans E., Anderson R.J., De Clerck O., Samyn Y., Leliaert F. & Thandar A.S. (2001)
Biodiversity of seaweeds and echinoderms in the western Indian Ocean Meeting Report.
South African Journal of Science 97: 453
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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

2000
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
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
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

1999
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

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
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.

1998


Coppejans E., De Clerck O. & Leliaert F. (1998)
Caulerpa sedoides var. geminata (Chlorophyta) from Papua New Guinea, and a reappraisal of the different forms of C. sedoides.
Phycological Research 46: 131-137
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
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