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Freshwater Red Algae

Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Biogeography

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Authors:
  1. Morgan L Vis

    1. Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, USA

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  2. Orlando Necchi Jr

    1. Department of Zoology and Botany, São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

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  • Presents a brief history of freshwater red algal research and an overview

  • Provides comprehensive data from numerous sources including authors’ own field notes

  • Includes well documented phylogenetic, taxonomic, geographic and habitat data as well as new photographic plates

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. History of Freshwater Red Algal Studies; Taxonomic Diversity and Phylogeny; Biogeographic Trends; Collection of Freshwater Red Algae; Scope and Organization of This Book

    • Orlando Necchi Jr, Morgan L Vis
    Pages 1-25

  3. Subphylum Cyanidiophytina, Class Cyanidiophyceae; Subphylum Proteorhodophytina, Classes Compsopogonophyceae, Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodellophyceae, and Stylonematophyceae

    • Orlando Necchi Jr, Morgan L Vis
    Pages 27-56

  4. Subphylum Eurhodophytina, Classes Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae, Subclasses Corallinophycidae, Hildenbrandiophycidae, and Rhodymeniophycidae

    • Orlando Necchi Jr, Morgan L Vis
    Pages 57-94

  5. Subphylum Eurhodophytina, Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Orders Acrochaetiales, Balbianiales, and Thoreales

    • Morgan L Vis, Orlando Necchi Jr
    Pages 95-128

  6. Subphylum Eurhodophytina, Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Order Batrachospermales

    • Morgan L Vis, Orlando Necchi Jr
    Pages 129-332

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 333-338
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About this book

This book presents the phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of freshwater red algae. Its content is divided into five chapters. The first chapter provides a brief history of freshwater red algal research, habits and collecting methods, general biogeographic trends and an overview of the taxonomic/phylogenetic placement of freshwater taxa. The other four chapters are taxonomic treatments of non-marine red algae based on taxonomic levels, i.e. classes within the phylum Rhodophyta, orders within each class, families within each order, and genera within each family. Descriptions, phylogenetic data (including numerous trees), geographic range (maps for most species) and dichotomous keys for identification are presented. Comprehensive data are provided for more than 220 species.

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“A complete richly illustrated 338-page book that represents the icon of knowledge about the charismatic group of red freshwater algae throughout world, as a fruit of decades of dedication to reach this level of understanding. … this book presents modern, up-to-date and comprehensive information on the taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeographic patters of freshwater red algae around the world. I strongly recommend the book.” (Mutue Toyota Fujii, Brazilian Journal of Botany, Vol. 45, 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, USA

    Morgan L Vis

  • Department of Zoology and Botany, São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

    Orlando Necchi Jr

About the authors

Morgan L Vis is Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University (US) since 1996, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Phycological Society of America (2018-2022) and President of the International Phycological Society (2020-2021).



Orlando Necchi Jr is Professor of Botany at São Paulo State University (Brazil) since 1986, the author of the book River Algae (2016) and the Editor-in-Chief of the Brazilian Journal of Botany (2015-2020), both published by Springer.






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