Bangia

Bangia is an extant genus of division Rhodophyta that grows in marine or freshwater habitats. Bangia has small thalli with rapid growth and high reproductive output, and exhibits behavior characteristic of r-selected species. The plants are attached by down-growing rhizoids, usually in dense purple-black to rust-colored clumps. The chloroplasts of Bangia, like others in the division Rhodophyta, contain chlorophyll a and sometimes chlorophyll d, as well as accessory pigments such as phycobilin pigments and xanthophylls. Depending on the relative proportions of these pigments and the light conditions, the overall color of the plant can range from green to red to purple to grey; however, the red pigment, phycoerythrin, is usually dominant.

== Species == Bangia aeruginosa Sprengel Bangia amethystina Kützing Bangia anisogona Meneghini Bangia annulina (Roth) Sprengel Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh Bangia atropurpurea f. ferruginea Migula Bangia atropurpurea f. muscicola Marcucci & Beccari Bangia atropurpurea f. tenuis Collins Bangia atropurpurea subsp. brevisegmenta Womersley Bangia atropurpurea subsp. coccinea (Kützing) De Toni Bangia atropurpurea subsp. roseopurpurea (Kützing) De Toni Bangia atropurpurea var. anisogona (Meneghini) Kützing Bangia atropurpurea var. breviarticulata Baglietto Bangia atropurpurea var. coccineopurpurea (Kützing) Rabenhorst Bangia atropurpurea var. elongata Brébisson Bangia atropurpurea var. elongata C.Agardh Bangia atropurpurea var. ferruginea (Kerner) Rabenhorst Bangia atropurpurea var. heteronema Derbès & Solier Bangia atropurpurea var. muscicola De Notaris Bangia atropurpurea var. pacifica J.Agardh Bangia atropurpurea var. roseopurpurea (Kützing) Rabenhorst Bangia atrovirens Lyngbye Bangia biseriata Meneghini Bangia breviarticulata C.K.Tseng Bangia callicoma Meneghini Bangia carnea (Dillwyn) Harvey Bangia coccineopurpurea Kützing Bangia condensata Zanardini Bangia confervoides Zanardini Bangia crispula Chauvin Bangia discoidea A.Aziz Bangia dura Zanardini Bangia enteromorphoides E.Y.Dawson Bangia fergusonii Grunow Bangia ferruginea Kerner Bangia flocculosa Schousboe Bangia foetida Sprengel Bangia foetida Steudel Bangia foliacea Schousboe Bangia fulvescens (C.Agardh) J.Agardh Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye Bangia fuscopurpurea f. viridis Wittrock & Nordstedt Bangia fuscopurpurea var. concatenata Kützing Bangia fuscopurpurea var. crinalis De Notaris Bangia fuscopurpurea var. crispa Holmes & Batters Bangia fusco-purpurea var. fuscenses W.J.Hooker Bangia fuscopurpurea var. jadertina Kützing Bangia fuscopurpurea var. pilosella Ardissone Bangia fuscopurpurea var. setacea Kützing Bangia gloiopeltidicola Tanaka Bangia grateloupicola P.Crouan & H.Crouan Bangia halymeniae M.J.Wynne Bangia harveyi Areschoug Bangia homotrichoides Kützing Bangia intricata Brébisson & Godey Bangia intricata Suhr ex Rabenhorst Bangia kerkensis Meneghini Bangia lacustris Carmichael Bangia lanuginosa Harvey Bangia latissima Meneghini Bangia malacensis (Kützing) Kützing Bangia maxima Gardner Bangia punctulata Schousboe Bangia purpurea Schousboe Bangia quadripunctata Lyngbye Bangia radicula B.F.Zheng & J.Li Bangia sericea Bory Bangia simplex A.H.S.Lucas Bangia tanakae Pham-Hoàng Hô Bangia tavarisii Welwitsch Bangia tenuis N.L.Gardner Bangia thaerasiae Bory Bangia trichodes Schousboe Bangia vermicularis Harvey Bangia viridis Lyngbye Bangia yamadae Tanaka