Balliales is an order of red algae belonging to the class Florideophyceae. The order consists only one family, Balliaceae.[2] with only one genus - Ballia Harvey.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Balliales H.-G.Choi, G.T.Kraft, & G.W.Saunders[1] |
The genus of Balliales was circumscribed by William Henry Harvey in J. Bot. (Hooker) vol.2 on page 191 in 1840.
The genus name of Balliales is in honour of Anne Elizabeth Ball (1808–1872), who was an Irish botanist, amateur algologist, and botanical illustrator.[4]
Species
edit- Ballia callitricha (C.Agardh) Kützing
- Ballia chilensis Decaisne
- Ballia crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing
- Ballia nana Kraft & G.W.Saunders
- Ballia pennoides Wollaston
- Ballia sertularioides (Suhr) Papenfuss
- Ballia vestium Harvey
References
edit- ^ Choi, H.-G., Kraft, G.T. & Saunders, G.W. (2000). Nuclear small-subunit rDNA sequences from Ballia spp. (Rhodophyta): proposal of the Balliales ord. nov., Balliaceae fam. nov., Ballia nana sp. nov. and Inkyuleea gen. nov. (Ceramiales). Phycologia 39: 272-287.
- ^ "Balliales". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Taxonomy Browser :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Taxonomy Browser :: AlgaeBase Genus: Ballia". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 12 December 2022.