Silva Center for Phycological Documentation: Index Nominum Algarum


The INA is a card file and online reporting system maintained at the Silva Center for Phycological Documentation of the University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. It contains nearly 200,000 names of algae (in the broad sense). The BPU is a card file containing bibliographic references pertaining to algal taxonomy.
A working list of algal type specimens at UC is available here

Tabular display

Results from INA database

  1. Volvox globator C. Linnaeus image
  2. Volvox globator var. australis G.I. Playfair image
  3. Volvox globator var. maderaspatensis M.O.P. Iyengar image
  4. Volvox globator var. maderaspatiensis M.O.P. Iyengar
  5. Volvox globator var. megaspora L.E. Gauthier-Lièvre image