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This is a taxonomy of the Kingdom Rhodophytae. In general this follows the system of Saunders and Hommersand (2004) in which the group has two phyla, Rhodophyta and Cyanidiophyta. I have added the Glaucophyta as a group with incertae sedis.
| TAXON | ENDING |
| PHYLUM | -OPHYTA |
| CLASS | -PHYCEAE |
| ORDER | -ALES |
SUBPHYLUM RHODELLOPHYTINA
CLASS RHODELLOPHYCEAE
ORDER RHODELLIALES (Called Porphyridiales 1 in Saunders and Hommersand, 2004).
Rhodella, Dixoniella, Glaucosphaera
ORDER STYLONEMATALES (Called Porphyridiales 2 in Saunders and Hommersand, 2004).
Stylonema, Bangiopsis, Chroodactylon, Chroothece, Goniotrichopsis, Rhodosorus
ORDER PORPHYRIDIALES (Called Porphyridiales 3 in Saunders and Hommersand, 2004).
Porphyridium, Flintiella
SUBPHYLUM METARHODOPHYTINA
CLASS COMSPOPOGONOPHYCEAE
[BOLDIACEAE; COMPSOPOGONACEAE]ORDER COMPSOPOGONALES
Compsopogon, Compsopogonopsis, Boldia
ORDER ERTHROPELTIDALES
Erythrotrichopeltis, Smithora, Erythrotrichia, Erythrocladia, Erythropeltis, Erythrotrichia, Porphyropsis. [ERYTHROTRICHIACEAE]
ORDER RHODOCHAETALES
Rhodochaete. [RHODOCHAETACEAE ]
SUBPHYLUM EURHOPHYTINA
CLASS BANGIOPHYCEAE
ORDER BANGIALES
CLASS FLORIDEOPHYCEAE
SUBCLASS HILDENBRANDIOPHYCIDAE
ORDER HILDENBRANDIALES
Hildenbrandia
SUBCLASS NEMALIOPHYCIDAE
ORDER NEMALIALES
Nemalion, Liagora, Pseudogloiophloea, Galaxaura, Kylinia, Cumagloia.
ORDER ACROCHAETIALES
Acrochaetium, Audouinella, Rhodochorton, Yamadaella.
ORDER BALBIANIALES
Balbiana.
ORDER BALLIALES
Ballia.
ORDER BATRACHOSPERMALES
Batrachospermum, Lemanea, Sirodotia.
ORDER COLACONEMATALES
Colaconema.
ORDER CORALLINALES
Corallina, Bossiella, Calliathron, Choreonema, Jania, Lithoporella, Lithothamnium, Lithothrix, Phymatolithon, Porolithon, Sporolithon, Kvaleya, Amphiroa, Melobesia, Clathromorphum.
ORDER PALMERIALES
Palmaria, Halosaccion, Rhodophysema. Camontagnea.
ORDER RHODOGORGONALES
Rhodogorgon, Renouxia.
ORDER THOREALES
Thorea.
SUBCLASS AHNFELDTOPHYCIDAE
ORDER AHNFELTIALES
Ahnfeltia, Gymnogongrus, Phyllophora, Stenogramme.
ORDER PIHIELLALES
Pihiella.
SUBCLASS RHODYMENIOPHYCIDAE
ORDER RHODYMENIALES
Rhodymenia, Botryocladia, Chrysymenia, Coelarthrum, Coelothrix, Fauchia, Halosaccion, Champia, Chylocladia, Coeloseira, Gasstroclonium, Lomentaria.
ORDER BONNEMAISONIALES
Asparagopsis, Bonnemaisonia, Delisia, Ptilonia.
ORDER CERAMIALES
Ceramium, Aristothamnion, Bornetia, Compsothamnion, Corynospora, Crouania, Dohrniella, Ptilota, Griffithsia, Pleonosporium, Plumaria, Ptilothamniopsis, Seirospora, Spermothamnion, Tiffaniella, Callithamnion, Antithamnion, Bostrychia, Chondria, Colacopsis, Lenormandia, Heterosiphonia, Dasya, Platysiphonia, Membranoptera, Delesseria, Caloglossa, Phycodrys, Polyneura, Polysiphonia, Petrosiphonia, Amplisiphonia, Rhodomela, Rytiphlaea, Vidalia, Laurencia, Cryptopleura, Hemineura, Hypoglossum, Martensia, Nitophyllum, Rhodoptilum.
ORDER GELIDIALES
Gelidium, Pterocladia, Suhria.
ORDER GIGARTINALES
Gigartina, Acrosymphyton, Dumontia, Mastocarpus, Chondrus, Iridaea, Phyllophora, Gymnogongrus, Cruoria, Cruoriopsis, Pterocoelis, Bertholdia, Furcellaria, Halarachnion, Neurocaulon, Rhodophyllis, Cystoclonium, Calliblepharis, Polyides, Besa, Neoardhiella, Opuntiella, Euchemia, Gracilaria, Gracilariophila.
ORDER GRACILARIALES
Gracilaria, Gracilariopsis, Gracilariophila, Hydropuntia.
ORDER HALYMENIALES
Cryptonemia, Grateloupia, Halymenia, Lobocolax, Pachymeniopsis, Prionitis, Sebdenia.
ORDER NEMASTOMATALES
Nemastoma, Platoma, Schizymenia
ORDER PLOCAMIALES
Pliocamium, Pseudoanemonia, Sarcodia
ORDER RHODYMENIALES
Champia, Fauchea, Lomentaria, Rhodymenia.
CLASS CYANIDIOPHYCEAE
ORDER CYANIDIALES
Cyanidium, Cyanidioschyzon, Galdieria.
INCERTAE SEDIS:
CLASS GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE
ORDER GLAUCOSYSTIDALES
Glaucocystis, Cyanophora, Gloeochaete, Glaucosphaera.
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