Electronic Flora of South Australia Family Fact Sheet
FAMILY VALONIACEAE Naegeli
Phylum Chlorophyta – Order Siphonocladales
Thallus formed by an aggregation of large vesiculate cells, without a central axis, usually with small lenticular cells with hapteroid extensions connecting the large cells or at the base of the thallus.
Taxonomic notes: A single genus occurs in southern Australia.
References:
The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia Part I
Author: H.B.S. Womersley
Publication:
Womersley, H.B.S. (31 May, 1984)
The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia
Part I
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