Bangiophyceae

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Bangiophyceae
Porphyra umbilicalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Subdivision:
Eurhodophytina
Class: Bangiophyceae
Wettstein, 1901
Orders

Bangiophyceae is a class of

paraphyletic.[1] 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.[2]

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