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Order of algae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 ![]() | |
(unranked): | 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]
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