Champia
Champia is a genus of red algae in the family Champiaceae, first described in 1809 by Nicaise [Auguste Desvaux]
The genus name of Champia is in honour of the French physician and naturalist Louis Auguste Deschamps.
Species
There are a number of accepted species:- Champia affinis Harvey
- Champia bibendum Huisman
- Champia bifida Okamura
- Champia caespitosa E.Y.Dawson
- Champia chathamensis V.J.Chapman & Dromgoole
- Champia compressa Harvey
- Champia disticha E.Y.Dawson
- Champia echigoensis Noda
- Champia expansa Yendo
- Champia farlowii M.K.Griffith, C.W.Schneider & C.E.Lane
- Champia feldmannii Díaz-Piferrer
- Champia gigantea M.J.Wynne
- Champia globulifera Børgesen
- Champia harveyana D.L.Ballantine & C.Lozada-Troche
- Champia hasselbringii C.W.Schneider & G.W.Saunders
- Champia indica Børgesen
- Champia inkyui Y.H.Koh, G.Y.Cho & M.S.Kim
- Champia insignis A.H.S.Lucas
- Champia insularis C.W.Schneider & G.W.Saunders
- Champia irregularis Piccone
- Champia japonica Okamura
- Champia kotschyana Endlicher & Diesing
- Champia laingii Lindauer
- Champia lubrica Mas.Suzuki & Yoshizaki
- Champia lumbricalis Desvaux - type
- Champia minuscula A.B.Joly & Ugadim
- Champia novae-zelandiae Harvey
- Champia parvula Harvey
- Champia patula Huisman & G.W.Saunders
- Champia plumosa P.Anand
- Champia pseudoparvula Huisman & G.W.Saunders
- Champia puertoricensis Lozada-Troche & D.L.Ballantine
- Champia recta Noda
- Champia salicornioides Harvey
- Champia somalensis Hauck
- Champia spathulata Weber Bosse
- Champia stipitata Huisman
- Champia subcompressa Huisman
- Champia taironensis Bula-Meyer
- Champia tripinnata Zanardini
- Champia vieillardii Kützing
- Champia viridis C.Agardh
- Champia womersleyi A.J.K.Millar
- Champia zonata J.Agardh
- Champia zostericola Reedman & Womersley