Champia

{{Short description|Genus of algae}}

{{use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Champia novae-zelandiae (Hook.f. and Harv.) J.Agardh (AM AK342681).jpg

|image_caption = Champia novae-zelandiae (AM AK342681)

|image2 = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - L.4051930 - Champia feldmannii Díaz-Pif. - Algae - Plant type specimen.jpeg

|image2_caption = Champia feldmannii (L.4051930)

|parent_authority =

|taxon = Champia

|authority = Desvaux, 1809

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|type_species = Champia lumbricalis

|type_species_authority = (Linnaeus) Desvaux

}}

Champia is a genus of red algae in the family Champiaceae, first described in 1809 by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux{{cite web|url=https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=117|title=Champia Desvaux, 1809|accessdate=2020-07-24|author=M.D. Guiry |editor=Guiry, M.D. |editor2=Guiry, G.M. |date=2020|website= AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway}}{{cite journal|author=Desvaux, N.A. |date=1809|title= Observations sur le genre Fluggea, Rich. (Slateria, Desv.)|journal= Journal de Botanique (Desvaux)|volume=1|issue=4|pages=243-246|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8073314}}

The genus name of Champia is in honour of the French physician and naturalist Louis Auguste Deschamps (1765–1842).{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}