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Electronic Flora of South Australia Genus Fact Sheet
Phylum Rhodophyta – Order Ceramiales – Family Ceramiaceae – Tribe Bornetieae
Type species: B. secundiflora (J. Agardh) Thuret 1855: 159, pls 1,2.
Taxonomic notes: A genus of 5 species, world wide in distribution.
References:
THURET, G. (1855). Note sur un nouveau genre d'algues de la famille des Floridées. Mem. Soc. sci. nat. Cherbourg 3, 155–160, Plates 1, 2.
The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia Part IIIC complete list of references.
Publication:
Womersley, H.B.S. (24 December, 1998)
The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia
Rhodophyta. Part IIIC. Ceramiales – Ceramiaceae, Dasyaceae
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KEY TO SPECIES OF BORNETIA
1. Thallus robust, flabellate, branching mostly unilateral; cells large, | B. binderiana |
1. Thallus delicate, tufted, branching subdichotomous; cells | B. tenuis |
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