Families & subfamilies of
nongeniculate Corallinales

Families: Sporolithaceae & Corallinaceae

Sporolithaceae

Simultaneously cleaved, but cruciately divided tetrasporangia or bisporangia borne in sori that are not modified into conceptacles. Contains two genera: Sporolithon and Heydrichia, both of which are nongeniculate. Follow this pointer to generic descriptions for Sporolithaceae:

Corallinaceae

Simultaneously cleaved, zonately divided, tetrasporangia or bisporangia borne in conceptacles, that may be regarded as modified sori. Contains three subfamilies of nongeniculate corallines, as well as all the geniculate corallines.

 

 

Follow these pointers to subfamily and
generic descriptions for nongeniculate
Corallinaceae:

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Derek Keats,
updated 02/01/01