Intrageneric differences in cystocarp structure in Gelidium and Pterocladia |
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Authors: | B Santelices |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 114-D Casilla, Santiago, Chile |
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Abstract: | Unilocular cystocarps, with ostioles opening to one frond surface, have traditionally distinguished Pterocladia from Gelidium, described as having bilocular cystocarps, with ostioles opening to both surfaces; however, unequally developed locules have been described in Pterocladia and differences in cystocarpic architecture between Pterocladia capillacea and the type species of the genus, P. lucida, have been recently found. As heterogeneity in cystocarp architecture raises questions of basic intergeneric distinction, a survey of reproductive morphology of species in both genera is presented in this study. Six morphologically-different types of cystocarps are distinguished among the five species of Pterocladia and the seven species of Gelidium examined. |
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Keywords: | cystocarps Gelidium morphological variability Pterocladia taxonomy |
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