| Bonnemaisoniales | |
|---|---|
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| Bonnemaisonia asparagoides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Subclass: | Rhodymeniophycidae |
| Order: | Bonnemaisoniales J. Feldmann & G. Feldmann, 1965 [1] |
Bonnemaisoniales is an order of red algae in the class Florideophyceae. [2]
It includes 2 families;
The order has cosmopolitan distribution. [3]
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Nemaliales is an order of red algae.
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