Bangiophyceae

Class of algae

Bangiophyceae
Porphyra umbilicalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Subdivision: Eurhodophytina
Class: Bangiophyceae
Wettstein, 1901
Orders
  • Bangiales
  • Goniotrichales (disputed)[a]

Bangiophyceae is a class of red algae that includes the order Bangiales and possibly Goniotrichales.[a] In some classifications it is merged with the Florideophyceae to form the Rhodophyceae. The Bangiophyceae, as defined traditionally, are paraphyletic.[2] Their taxonomic identification has been difficult because of a lack of distinct morphological features, and the presumed morphological plasticity of the species. Molecular tools are required to elucidate the relationships within this assemblage.

It is still used by some sources, and defined sensu stricto (including Bangia and Porphyra but not the species included in Florideophyceae) is considered a valid clade.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b According to World Register of Marine Species, the only genus Goniotrichales contains, Goniotrichum, is currently unaccepted and instead merged into Erythrotrichia. However, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service continues to classify it as a valid taxon.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Explore the Taxonomic Tree Goniotrichum". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ G. W. Saunders & M. H. Hommersand (2004). "Assessing red algal supraordinal diversity and taxonomy in the context of contemporary systematic data". American Journal of Botany. 91 (10): 1494–1507. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1494. PMID 21652305.
  3. ^ Joseph Seckbach; David J. Chapman (2010). Red Algae in the Genomic Age. Springer. p. 34. ISBN 978-90-481-3794-7.
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Classification of Archaeplastida or Plantae s.l.
Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(major groups
Excavata
Diaphoretickes
Hacrobia
Rhizaria
Alveolata
Stramenopiles
Plants
Amorphea
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonta
Animals
Fungi)
Archaeplastida
Picozoa
Rhodelphidia
Rhodophyta
(red algae)
Glaucophyta
incertae sedis
Viridiplantae
or Plantae s.s.
(green algae &
land plants)
Prasinodermophyta
 Chlorophyta
Prasinophytina
Chlorophytina
Streptophyta
Phragmoplastophyta
Anydrophyta
Embryophyta
(land plants)
  • (see below↓)
Embryophytes or Plantae sensu strictissimo
Bryophytes
Marchantiophyta
(liverworts)
Anthocerotophyta
(hornworts)
Bryophyta
(mosses)
 Polysporangiophytes
Protracheophytes*
Tracheophytes
(vascular plants)
Paratracheophytes*
Eutracheophytes
Lycophytes
Euphyllophytes
Moniliformopses
Lignophytes
Progymnosperms*
  • †Noeggerathiopsida
  • †Aneurophytopsida
  • †Archaeopteridopsida
  • †Protopityales
Spermatophytes
(seed plants)
Pteridosperms*
(seed ferns)
and other extinct
seed plant groups
Acrogymnospermae
(living gymnosperms)
Angiospermae
(flowering plants)
Taxon identifiers
Bangiophyceae