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Bangiaceae

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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.

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumRhodophyta
  3. ClassBangiophyceae
  4. OrderBangiales
  5. FamilyBangiaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded83,751

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
39
With media
1
Family
Bangiaceae
Collections
MEL
Recorded in
Australia, New Zealand

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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== Bangiaceae currently contains between 20 and 22 accepted genera, with all but one extant. 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

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