
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Woelkerling, WJ 
A1  - Irvine, LM 
A1  - Harvey, AS 
T1  - Growth-forms in Non-geniculate Coralline Red Algae (Coralliinales, Rhodophyta)
JF  - Australian Systematic Botany
JO  - Aust. Systematic Bot.
Y1  - 1993
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 277
EP  - 293
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/SB9930277 
N2  - Although differences in growth-form have been widely used in delimiting taxa of non-geniculate coralline red algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), there has been no consistent application of the more than 100 terms employed to describe the growth-forms present, and considerable confusion has resulted. This study of over 5000 populations of non-geniculate corallines from all parts of the world has shown that an intergrading network of growth-forms with 10 focal points is present: unconsolidated, encrusting, warty, lumpy, fruticose, discoid, layered, foliose, ribbon-like and arborescent. This focal point terminology can be used to describe any specimen or species of non-geniculate coralline in a consistent, easily interpretable manner. Details of the system are provided, the relationships of the system to past proposals are discussed, and the extent to which differences in growth-forms can be used as taxonomic characters in the non-geniculate Corallinales is reviewed. 
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