Diatoms of Europe: Diatoms of the European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. Volume 1: The Genus Pinnularia. (Diatoms of Europe)

Contents: Editor's foreword/ Author's foreword/ 1: Taxonomic concept of this flora/ 2: Pinnularia Ehrenberg/ 3: Diagnoses and discussions of the Pinnularia taxa/ 4: Keys for the indentification of the Pinnularia taxa/ From Pinnularia separated genera/ 6: Latin descriptions/ 7: Literature/ 8: Plates/ 9:Index. This monograph is a revision and synopsis of the Pinnularia taxa of the temperate zone with some remarks to taxa from the tropics and a large number of new taxa. The revision of the genus Pinnularia by KRAMMER (1992) contained European taxa only. This new monograph contains in addition many new as well as already known taxa from North America, Asia, New Zealand/Australia, and South Africa. Consequently the geographical area covered by this new revision is much broader than the title of this book would make believe. Research with modern methods and most recent knowledge usually show plenty of inconsistencies in traditional taxonomy and result in numerous new combinations and new descriptions. This proves to be true for 154 new species and varieties, 3 new genera and 42 new combinations in the present monograph.