Freshwater Red Algae

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.

History of freshwater red algae; taxonomic diversity and phylogeny; biogeographic trends; how to collect freshwater red algae; scope and organization of this book.- Subphylum Cyanidiophytina: Class Cyanidiophyceae; Subphylum Proteorhodophytina: Classes Compsopogonophyceae, Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodellophyceae and Stylonematophyceae.- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Classes Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Subclasses Corallinophycidae, Hildenbrandiophycidae and Rhodymeniophycidae).- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Orders Acrochaetiales, Balbianiales and Thoreales.- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Order Batrachospermales.

"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)

“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)