The genus Jania J.V.Lamouroux (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from Myanmar

Abstract

Corallinaceae was the only one family of the order Corallinales and composed of four subfamilies, namely Metagoniolithoideae, Corallinoideae, Lithophylloideae (Amphiroideae sensu Johansen 2) and Mastophoroideae. 2,3,4 Of these subfamilies, articulated coralline algae were assigned to the Metagoniolithoideae, Lithophylloideae and Corallinoideae. The genus Jania is one of the thirteen genera of subfamily Corallinoideae and also one of the three genera of tribe Janieae (comprising Jania, Haliptilon and Cheilosporum) separated from the tribe Corallineae. 5 The genus Jania was characterized by having cylindrical intergenicula and branches dichotomous throughout, with marginal and axial conceptacles and comprised 48 species currently accepted taxonomically and distributed throughout the tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas. 6