Balliales is an order of
red algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta comprises one of the largest Phylum, phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 Genus, genera amidst ongoing taxon ...
belonging to the class
Florideophyceae
Florideophyceae is a class of exclusively multicellular red algae. They were once thought to be the only algae to bear pit connections, but these have since been found in the filamentous stage of the Bangiaceae. They were also thought only to ex ...
. The order consists only one family, Balliaceae.
with only one genus - Ballia
Harvey.
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.
Species
As accepted by
AlgaeBase;
* ''
Ballia callitricha''
* ''
Ballia chilensis''
* ''
Ballia crassa''
* ''
Ballia nana''
* ''
Ballia pennoides''
* ''
Ballia sertularioides''
* ''
Ballia vestium''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2881290
Florideophyceae
Red algae orders
Monotypic algae orders