- Bangiophyceae
Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = Bangiophyceae
domain =Eukaryota
unranked_phylum =Archaeplastida
phylum =Rhodophyta
classis = Bangiophyceae
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =Bangiales Cyanidiales Erythropeltidales Porphyridiales Rhodochaetales Stylonematales Bangiophyceae is a class of
red alga e. The Bangiophyceae, as defined traditionally, areparaphyletic .cite journal |quotes=no |author=G. W. Saunders & M. H. Hommersand |year=2004 |title=Assessing red algal supraordinal diversity and taxonomy in the context of contemporary systematic data |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=91 |pages=1494–1507 |url=http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/10/1494 |doi=10.3732/ajb.91.10.1494 |format=abstract] . Theirtaxonomic 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.References
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