genus

Champia

Field notes

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).

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided