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Browse the complete list of WA’s families of plants, fungi, algae and protists. Icons to the right indicate additional content available, and the navigation element to the left of each name will expand the family listing to include its component genera. The same functions are then available for the genera in order to display all WA species for that group.

Rhodomelaceae Horan.
Char.Ess.Fam. 238 (1847)
Acanthophora J.V.Lamour.
Ann.Mus.Natl.Hist.Nat. 20:132 (1813)
Acrocystis Zanardini
Mem.Reale Ist.Veneto Sci. 17:145 (1872)
Alleynea Womersley
Mar.Benth.Fl.S.Australia 216 (2003)
Amansia J.V.Lamour.
Nouv.Bull.Sci.Soc.Philom.Paris 1:332 (1809)
Aneurianna L.E.Phillips
Cryptog.Algol. 27:213 (2006)
Bostrychia Mont.
Hist.Phys.Cuba, Bot., Pl.Cell. 2:39-40 (1842)
Bostrychiocolax Zuccarello & J.A.West
J.Phycol. 30:138 (1994)
Brongniartella Bory
Dict.Class.Hist.Nat. 2:516 (1822)
Chamaethamnion Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):449 (1897)
Chiracanthia Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):441 (1897)
Chondria C.Agardh
Syn.Alg.Scand. xviii (1817)
Chondrophycus (Tokida) Garbary & Harper
Cryptog.Algol. 194 (1998)
Cladurus Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):435 (1897)
Cliftonaea Harv.
Phycol.Austral. 5: Pl. 279 (1863)
Coeloclonium J.G. Agardh
Spec.Gen.Ord.Alg. 639 (1876)
Corynecladia J.Agardh
Spec.Gen.Ord.Alg. 642-643 (1876)
Dasyclonium J.G. Agardh
Acta Univ.Lund. 80 (1894)
Dictyomenia Greville
Algae Brit. 50 (1830)
Digenea C.Agardh
Spec.Alg. 1(2):388-389 (1822)
Dipterosiphonia F.Schmitz & Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):463 (1897)
Ditria Hollenb.
Bull.S.Calif.Acad.Sci. 66:206 (1967)
Doxodasya Falkenb.
Rhodomelac.Golfes Neapel 537 (1901)
Echinophycus Huisman
Phycol.Res. 49:177 (2001)
Echinosporangium Kylin
Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen 537 (1956)
Echinothamnion Kylin
Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen 506 (1956)
Endosiphonia Zanardini
Nuovo Giorn.Bot.Ital. 10:35 (1878)
Epiglossum Kütz.
Sp.Alg. 878 (1849)
Erythrostachys Jean White
Proc.Roy.Soc.Victoria 257 (1912)
Exophyllum Weber Bosse
Ann.Jard.Bot.Buitenzorg ser. 2, 9:28-29 (1911)
Halydictyon Zanardini
Sagg.Classif.Ficee 52 (1843)
Haplodasya Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):474-475 (1897)
Herposiphonia Nägeli
Z.Wiss.Bot. 1:238 (1846)
Herposiphoniella Womersley
Mar.Benth.Fl.S.Australia 299 (2003)
Heterocladia Decne.
Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat. 177 (1841)
Heterostroma Kraft & Wynne
Phycologia 17 (1992)
Holotrichia F.Schmitz
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):450 (1897)
Husseya J.G.Agardh
Spec.Gen.Ord.Alg. 123 (1901)
Kentrophora S.M.Wilson & Kraft
Austrobaileya 6:175 (2001)
Kuetzingia Sond.
Bot.Zeit. 54 (1845)
Laurencia J.V.Lamour.
Ann.Mus.Natl.Hist.Nat. 20:130 (1813)
Lenormandia Sond.
Bot.Zeit. 3(4):54 (1845)
Leveillea Decne.
Ann.Sci.Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 11:375 (1839)
Lophocladia (J.Agardh) F.Schmitz
Ber.Deutsch.Bot.Ges. 11:222 (1893)
Lophosiphonia Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):459-460 (1897)
Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenb.
Rhodomelac.Golfes Neapel 26:684 (1901)
Micropeuce J.G. Agardh
Acta Univ.Lund. 123 (1899)
Nanopera Wilson & Kraft
Austral.Syst.Bot. 340 (2000)
Neurymenia J.Agardh
Spec.Gen.Ord.Alg. 2(3):1134-1135 (1863)
Ophidocladus Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):461 (1897)
Osmundaria Lamouroux
Ann.Mus.Natl.Hist.Nat. 42 (1813)
Palisada K.W.Nam
Algae 22:53 (2007)
Pentocladia Huisman
Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae 556 (2018)
Periphykon Weber Bosse
Ann.Cryptog.Exot. 2:255 (1929)
Placophora J.G. Agardh
Spec.Gen.Ord.Alg. 1137 (1863)
Pollexfenia Harvey
London J.Bot. 431 (1844)
Polysiphonia Grev.
Scott.Cryptog.Fl. 2: ad.t. 90 (1823)
Polyzonia von Suhr
Flora 739 (1834)
Protokuetzingia Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):469 (1897)
Pterosiphonia Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):443 (1897)
Rhodomela C.Agardh
Spec.Alg. 368 (1822)
Spirocladia Børgesen
Biol.Meddel.Kongel.Danske Vidensk.Selsk. 10(8):14 (1933)
Symphyocladia Falkenb.
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):443-444 (1897)
Tiparraria Womersley
Mar.Benth.Fl.S.Australia 301 (2003)
Tolypiocladia F.Schmitz
Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(2):441-442 (1897)
Trichidium J. Noble & Kraft
Brit.Phycol.J. 405 (1983)
Veleroa Dawson
Allan Hancock Pacific Exped. 335 (1944)
Vertebrata Gray
Nat.Arr.Brit.Pl. 1:338 (1821)
Vidalia J.Agardh
Spec.Gen.Ord.Alg. 2(3):1117 (1863)
Wilsonaea F.Schmitz
Ber.Deutsch.Bot.Ges. 231 (1893)
Womersleyella Hollenb.
Bull.S.Calif.Acad.Sci. 66:213 (1967)
Xiphosiphonia Savoie & G.W.Saunders
Botany (Ottawa) 94:926 (2016)

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A taxon name that is no longer current will retain its ‘Threatened’, ‘Extinct’, or ‘Extinct in the Wild’ status until a new name has been published in a Biodiversity Conservation Order.