China Seaweed flora, Volume 2, Rhodophyta, Issue 2, Aphanizomenonales, Heterosiphoniales, Eucheumaales (Volume 2, Rhodophyta, Issue 2, Aphanizomenonales, Heterosiphoniales, Eucheumaales)

Author: Zeng Chengkui
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Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book documents three orders in the Rhodophyta of the Rhodophyta class, Rhodophyta subclass of China's marine red algae: the Acrosiphoniales, Asparagales, and Heterosiphoniales, including a total of 6 families, 21 genera, and 115 species. Among them, 2 new genera and 43 new species are newly discovered classification units in China. Descriptions of morphological characteristics are provided for orders, families, and genera, and each species is recorded with its scientific name, synonyms, main references, morphology, structure, and reproductive structures, habitat, origin, and geographical distribution. Detailed anatomical illustrations are included for each species, totaling 127 images, all drawn based on specimens from China. At the end of the book, there are 8 color or black-and-white photographs of species (covering 55 species). The book also includes Chinese and English dichotomous keys for families, genera, and species, as well as the latest domestic and international references and indexes. This book can serve as a reference for biology, botany, and algal researchers in universities, research institutions, and marine aquaculture units.