Definition of 'Freshwater'?

Source of Records

Classification System

Nomenclatural Checking

Endemism

Rare & Threatened Species Coding

About 'Freshwater Algae' Database

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Freshwater
Algae

Diatoms:
All diatoms names have been made consistent with (in priority order): Round et al. (1990), Krammer & Lange-Bertalot (1986-1991) or Van Landingham (1967-1979). Where taxa could not be readily and nomenclaturally correctly incorporated into the system of Round et al. (1990) they remain under the reported name, updated if possible from Krammer & Lange-Bertalot. The genus Vanheurckia is retained for species where no current name could be found.

Characeae:
Raam (1995) and Wood (1972).

Desmidiaceae:
Croasdale et al. 'Flora of New Zealand – Desmids' and Prescott et al. 'A synopsis of North American Desmids'.

Cyanophyta:
Anagnostidis & Komárek, various papers and 'Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa 19/1' for the Chroococcales.

For general nomenclature checking references used were Whitton et al. (1999) 'A Coded List of Freshwater Algae of the British Isles'; Tikkanen & Willén (1992) 'Växtplanktonflora'; Tolstoy & Willén (1997) 'Preliminär checklista över Makroalger i Sverige' .

Note:  synonymies listed in McLeod (1975) were not incorporated into the 'Freshwater Algae' Census