Bangiaceae is a
family
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of
red algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority ...
in the order
Bangiales
Bangiales is an order of red algae in the class Bangiophyceae
Bangiophyceae is a class of red algae. In some classifications it is merged with the Florideophyceae to form the Rhodophyceae. The Bangiophyceae, as defined traditionally, are p ...
. It contains laver, used to make
laverbread
Laverbread (; cy, bara lafwr or '; ga, sleabhac) is a food product made from laver, an edible seaweed (littoral alga) consumed mainly in Wales as part of local traditional cuisine. The seaweed is commonly found around the west coast of Great ...
, and various species in the genus of ''Pyropia'' are used to make
nori
Nori is a dried edible seaweed used in Japanese cuisine, made from species of the red algae genus ''Pyropia'', including ''P. yezonesis'' and '' P. tenera''. It has a strong and distinctive flavor, and is often used to wrap rolls of sushi or '' ...
.
Genera
Genera accepted in 2018;
[
* '']Aspalatia
Bangiaceae is a family of red algae in the order Bangiales. It contains laver, used to make laverbread, and various species in the genus of ''Pyropia'' are used to make nori.
Genera
Genera accepted in 2018;
* '' Aspalatia'' Ercegovic
* ''Bangi ...
'' Ercegovic
* ''Bangia
''Bangia'' is an extant genus of division Rhodophyta that grows in marine or freshwater habitats. ''Bangia'' has small thalli with rapid growth and high reproductive output, and exhibits behavior characteristic of r-selected species. The plants ...
'' Lyngbye Hans Christian Lyngbye (29 June 1782 – 18 May 1837) was a Danish priest and Botany, botanist, specialising in algae.
Life
Hans Christian Lyngbye was born in Aalborg, Denmark, in 1782, the son of a teacher, Jens Michelsen Lyngbye. He attended the ...
* '' Bangiadulcis'' W.A.Nelson
* '' Bangiella'' Gaillon
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History
The origins of Gaillon are not really known. In 892, Rollo, a Viking chief, might have ravaged Gaillon and the region, before he became the first prince of the Normans and ...
* ''Bangiomorpha
''Bangiomorpha pubescens'' is a red alga.
It is the first known sexually reproducing organism. A multicellular fossil of ''Bangiomorpha pubescens'' was recovered from the Hunting Formation in Somerset Island, Canada that strongly resembles the m ...
'' N.J.Butterfield
* '' Boreophyllum'' S.C.Lindstrom, N. Kikuchi, M.Miyata, & Neefus
* '' Clymene'' W.A.Nelson
* '' Diadenus'' Palisot de Beauvois
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Palisot collected insects in Oware, Benin, Saint Domingue, and the United States, from 1 ...
ex O.Kuntze
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Mythology
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*Dione (mythology) ...
'' W.A.Nelson
* ''Diploderma
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Species
The following 42 speci ...
'' Kjellman
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* '' Fuscifolium'' S.C.Lindstrom
* ''Girardia
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Distribution
The genus ''Girardia'' is endemic to the Americas, from Argentina to Canada, although most species occur in South America. The only two species k ...
'' S.F.Gray
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Background
He was the son of Samuel Gray, a London Se ...
* '' Lysithea'' W.A.Nelson
* ''Minerva
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'' W.A.Nelson
* '' Miuraea'' N.Kikuchi, S.Arai, G.Yoshida, J.A.Shin, & M.Miyata
* '' Neothemis'' A.Vergés & N.Sánchez
* '' Phyllona'' J.Hill
* ''Porphyra
''Porphyra'' is a genus of coldwater seaweeds that grow in cold, shallow seawater. More specifically, it belongs to red algae phylum of laver species (from which comes laverbread), comprising approximately 70 species.Brodie, J.A. and Irvine, ...
'' C.Agardh
* '' Porphyrea'' Solier
* '' Porphyrella'' G.M.Smith & Hollenberg
* '' Pseudobangia'' K.M.Müller & R.G.Sheath
* ''Pyropia
''Pyropia'' is a genus of red algae eaweedin the family Bangiaceae. It is found around the world in intertidal zones and shallow water. The genus has folding frond-like blades which are either red, brown or green. Some ''Pyropia'' species are u ...
'' J.Agardh
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