Champia is a genus of red algae in the family Champiaceae, first described in 1809 by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
The genus name of Champia is in honour of the French physician and naturalist Louis Auguste Deschamps (1765–1842).
Species There are a number of accepted species: Champia affinis (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Harvey Champia bibendum Huisman Champia bifida Okamura Champia caespitosa E.Y.Dawson Champia chathamensis V.J.Chapman & Dromgoole Champia compressa Harvey Champia disticha E.Y.Dawson Champia echigoensis Noda Champia expansa Yendo Champia farlowii M.K.Griffith, C.W.Schneider & C.E.Lane Champia feldmannii Díaz-Piferrer Champia gigantea M.J.Wynne Champia globulifera Børgesen Champia harveyana D.L.Ballantine & C.Lozada-Troche Champia hasselbringii C.W.Schneider & G.W.Saunders Champia indica Børgesen Champia inkyui Y.H.Koh, G.Y.Cho & M.S.Kim Champia insignis A.H.S.Lucas Champia insularis C.W.Schneider & G.W.Saunders Champia irregularis (Zanardini) Piccone Champia japonica Okamura Champia kotschyana Endlicher & Diesing Champia laingii Lindauer Champia lubrica Mas.Suzuki & Yoshizaki Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux - type Champia minuscula A.B.Joly & Ugadim Champia novae-zelandiae (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Harvey Champia parvula (C.Agardh) Harvey Champia patula Huisman & G.W.Saunders Champia plumosa P.Anand Champia pseudoparvula Huisman & G.W.Saunders Champia puertoricensis Lozada-Troche & D.L.Ballantine Champia recta Noda Champia salicornioides Harvey Champia somalensis Hauck Champia spathulata Weber Bosse Champia stipitata Huisman Champia subcompressa Huisman Champia taironensis Bula-Meyer Champia tripinnata Zanardini Champia vieillardii Kützing Champia viridis C.Agardh Champia womersleyi A.J.K.Millar Champia zonata (J.Agardh) J.Agardh Champia zostericola (Harvey) Reedman & Womersley
References
External links Champia occurrence data and images from GBIF