Bangiaceae


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
  • Pseudobangia K.M.Müller & R.G.Sheath
  • Pyropia J.Agardh
  • Spermogonia? Bonnemaison
  • Uedaea J.Brodie & L.-E.Yang, 2020
  • Wildemania De Toni