Champia is a genus of red algae in the family Champiaceae, first described in 1809 by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux[1][2]

Champia
Champia novae-zelandiae (AM AK342681)
Champia feldmannii (L.4051930)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked):Archaeplastida
Division:Rhodophyta
Class:Florideophyceae
Order:Rhodymeniales
Family:Champiaceae
Genus:Champia
Desvaux, 1809
Type species
Champia lumbricalis
Species

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The genus name of Champia is in honour of the French physician and naturalist Louis Auguste Deschamps (1765–1842).[3]

Species

There are a number of accepted species:[1]

  • Champia affinis (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) 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 (Zanardini) Piccone
  • Champia japonica Okamura
  • Champia kotschyana Endlicher & Diesing
  • Champia laingii Lindauer]]
  • Champia lubrica Mas.Suzuki & Yoshizaki
  • Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux - type
  • Champia minuscula A.B.Joly & Ugadim
  • Champia novae-zelandiae (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Harvey
  • Champia parvula (C.Agardh) 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) J.Agardh
  • Champia zostericola (Harvey) Reedman & Womersley

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