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

1. 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 - type species; Bangia ciliaris, Bangia enteromorphoides, Bangia fusco-purpurea, Bangia tenuis - selected other species

Further reading

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