Bangiaceae Explained
Bangiaceae is a family of red algae in the order Bangiales.[1] It contains laver, used to make laverbread, and various species in the genus of Pyropia are used to make nori.[2]
Genera
Bangiaceae currently contains between 20 and 22 accepted genera, with all but one extant.[3]
- Bangia Lyngbye
- †Bangiomorpha N.J.Butterfield
- Boreophyllum S.C.Lindstrom, N. Kikuchi, M.Miyata, & Neefus
- Clymene W.A.Nelson
- Dione W.A.Nelson
- Fuscifolium S.C.Lindstrom
- Kuwaitiella A.H.Hasan, P.Van der Aa, F.C.Küpper, D.Al-Bader & A.F.Peters, 2022
- Lysithea W.A.Nelson
- Minerva W.A.Nelson
- Miuraea N.Kikuchi, S.Arai, G.Yoshida, J.A.Shin, & M.Miyata
- Neomiuraea N.Kikuchi, S.Arai, G.Yoshida, J.A.Shin & Miyata, 2018
- Neoporphyra J.Brodie & L.-E.Yang, 2020
- Neopyropia J.Brodie & L.-E.Yang, 2020
- Neothemis A.Vergés & N.Sánchez
- Phycocalidia Santiañez & M.J.Wynne, 2020
- Porphyra C.Agardh
- Porphyrea? Solier (uncertain status)
- Pseudobangia K.M.Müller & R.G.Sheath
- Pyropia J.Agardh
- Spermogonia? Bonnemaison (uncertain status)
- Uedaea J.Brodie & L.-E.Yang, 2020
- Wildemania De Toni
Notes and References
- Michael D. Guiry . 2018. Bangiaceae Engler, 1892. 143664. 3 February 2018.
- Niwa. Kyosuke. November 2020. Molecular evidence of allodiploidy in F1 gametophytic blades from a cross between Neopyropia yezoensis and a cryptic species of the Neopyropia yezoensis complex (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) by the use of microsatellite markers. Aquaculture Reports. 18. 100489. 10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100489. free.
- Michael D. Guiry . 2024. Bangiaceae Duby, 1830. 143664. 21 February 2024.
