Bangia

Translingual

Bangia fuscopurpurea

Etymology

From New Latin, after Niels Hofman Bang (the patron of Hans Christian Lyngbye, who described the genus) +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Bangia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Bangiaceae – certain red algae, that grow in freshwater and marine environments.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Biliphyta - subkingdom; Rhodophyta - phylum; Eurhodophytina - subdivision; Bangiophyceae - class; Bangiales - order; Bangiaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Bangia atropurpurea, Bangia ciliaris, Bangia enteromorphoides, Bangia fusco-purpurea, Bangia tenuis - species

Further reading

Bangia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bangia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bangia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Bangia on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Bangia on AlgaeBase

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