Publications of Paul C. Silva

Research papers and books

  1. Generic names of algae proposed for conservation. Hydrobiologia 2(3): 252-280. 1950.

  2. The genus Codium in California with observations on the structure of the walls of the utricles. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 25(2): 79-114, pls. 1-6, 32 text-figs. 1951.

  3. A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 25(4): 241-324. 1952.

  4. Codium Stackhouse. In L.E. Egerod, An analysis of the siphonous Chlorophycophyta with special reference to the Siphonocladales, Siphonales, and Dasycladales of Hawaii. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 25(5): 381-395, pls. 34b-36, text-figs. 11-18. 1952.

  5. (E.Y. Dawson & P.C. Silva) Bossea Manza. In E.Y. Dawson, Marine red algae of Pacific Mexico. Part I. Allan Hancock Pacific Exped. 17(1): 150-161, pl. 8: figs. 1, 2, 4-8; pl. 24: fig. 2; pl. 25: fig. 2; pl. 26: fig. 2; pl. 32. 1953.

  6. (P.C. Silva & R.C. Starr) Difficulties in applying the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature to certain unicellular algae, with special reference to Chlorococcum. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 47(2): 235-247. 1953.

  7. (P.C. Silva & G.F. Papenfuss) A systematic study of the algae of sewage oxidation ponds. Calif. State Water Pollution Control Board Publ. 7. 35 pp., 34 figs., 6 tables. 1953.

  8. The identity of certain Fuci of Esper. Wasmann J. Biol. 11(2): 221-232. 1953.

  9. (P.C. Silva & A.P. Cleary) The structure and reproduction of the red alga, Platysiphonia. Amer. J. Bot. 41(3): 251-260, 37 figs. 1954.

  10. Phylogenetic significance of anatomical differences in Codium. Huitième Congrès International de Botanique, Rapports et Communications, Sect. 17: 102-103. 1954.

  11. The identity of Hydrodyctium marinum Bory. Revue Algologique, ser. 2, 1(4): 179-180, 1 fig. 1955.

  12. The dichotomous species of Codium in Britain. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 34(3): 565-577, I pl., 5 figs. 1955.

  13. Evaluation of the Protista as a group of living organisms. Micropaleontology 2(3): 294-295, 1 fig. 1956.

  14. (P.C. Silva & H.B.S. Womersley. The genus Codium (Chlorophyta) in southern Australia. Austral. J. Bot. 4(3): 261-289, 3 pls., 16 text-figs. 1956.

  15. Notes on Pacific coast marine algae. Madroño 14(2): 41-51. 1957.

  16. Remarks on algal nomenclature. Taxon 6(5): 141-145. 1957.

  17. Codium in Scandinavian waters. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 51(1): 117-134, 2 pls., 8 text-figs. 1957.

  18. (L. Stoloff & P.C. Silva) An attempt to determine possible taxonomic significance of the properties of water extractable polysaccharides in red algae. Economic Botany 11(4): 327-330, 2 tables. 1957.

  19. Later starting points in algae. Taxon 7(7): 181-184. 1958.

  20. A logical approach to the Code. Taxon 8(1): 3-11. 1959.

  21. Remarks on algal nomenclature II. Taxon 8(2): 60-64. 1959.

  22. The genus Codium (Chlorophyta) in South Africa. J. So. Afr. Bot. 25(2): 101-165, pls. II-XVI, 22 text-figs. 1959.

  23. Later starting points versus the type method. Taxon 9(1): 3-7. 1960.

  24. Remarks on algal nomenclature III. Taxon 9(1): 18-25. 1960.

  25. Codium (Chlorophyta) in the tropical western Atlantic. Nova Hedwigia 1(3/4): 497-536, pls. 107-123. 1960.

  26. (P.C. Silva & D.E.G. Irvine) Codium amphibium: a species of doubtful validity. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 39(3): 631-636, 3 figs. 1960.

  27. Classification of algae. In R.A. Lewin (ed.), Physiology and biochemistry of algae. New York: Academic Press. Pp. 827-837. 1962.

  28. Comparison of algal floristic patterns in the Pacific with those in the Atlantic and Indian oceans, with special reference to Codium. Proc. Ninth Pac. Sci. Congr. [Bangkok, 1957] 4: 201-216, 13 figs. 1962.

  29. Status of our knowledge of the Galapagos benthic marine algal flora prior to the Galapagos International Scientific Project. In R.I. Bowman (ed.), The Galapagos. Proceedings of the Symposia of the Galapagos International Scientific Project. Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 149-156, 2 tables. 1966.

  30. Remarks on algal nomenclature IV. Taxon 19(6): 941-945. 1970.

  31. Remarks on algal nomenclature V. Taxon 21(1): 199-205. 1972.

  32. (P.C. Silva, K.R. Mattox, & W.H. Blackwell, Jr.) The generic name Hormidium as applied to green algae. Taxon 21(5/6): 639-645. 1972.

  33. Index to genera and species. In R.A. Lewin (ed.), The genetics of algae. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. Pp. 344-347. 1976.

  34. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Antarctic marine flora: uniquely devoid of kelps. Science 196: 1206-1208, 1 fig. 1977.

  35. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Sporangia in the brown algal genus Desmarestia with special reference to Antarctic D. ligulata. Bull. Jap. Soc. Phycol. 25(suppl.): 159-167, 1 fig. 1977.

  36. Type specimens of Gelidiaceae (Rhodophyceae) described by Nina H. Loomis. Phycologia 17(3): 257-261. 1978.

  37. (H.W. Johansen & P.C. Silva) Janieae and Lithotricheae: two new tribes of articulated Corallinaceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 17(4): 413-417, 3 figs., 2 tables. 1978.

  38. Review of the taxonomic history and nomenclature of the yellow-green algae. Arch. Protistenk. 121(1): 20-63. 1979.

  39. Codium giraffa, a new marine green alga from tropical Pacific Mexico. Phycologia 18(3): 264-268, 2 figs. 1979.

  40. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Morphological and taxonomic studies on Antarctic Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyceae). I. Antarcticothamnion polysporum gen. et sp. nov. Brit. Phycol. J. 14(4): 385-405, 17 figs. 1979.

  41. The benthic algal flora of central San Francisco Bay, In T.J. Conomos (ed.), San Francisco Bay: the urbanized estuary. San Francisco: Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Pp. 287-345, 17 figs., 9 tables. 1979.

  42. Remarks on algal nomenclature VI. Taxon 29(1): 121-145. 1980.

  43. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Morphological and taxonomic studies on Antarctic Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyceae). II. Pterothamnion antarcticum (Kylin) comb. nov. (Antithamnion antarcticum Kylin). Brit. Phycol. J. 15(1): 1-17, 10 figs. 1980.

  44. Names of classes and families of living algae with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (plantarum). Regnum Vegetabile 103. [iii +] 156 pp. 1980.

  45. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Morphology and taxonomy of Himantothallus (including Phaeoglossum and Phyllogigas,) an Antarctic member of the Desmarestiales (Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 17(1): 15-29, 28 figs. 1981.

  46. Conspicuous features of the intertidal and shallow subtidal algal flora of the central part of San Francisco Bay, California. In G.E. Fogg & W.E. Jones (eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth International Seaweed Symposium, Bangor, North Wales, 18-23 August 1974. Menai Bridge: The Marine Science Laboratories. Pp. 484-488, 1 fig. 1981.

  47. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Morphological and taxonomic studies on Antarctic Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyceae). III. Georgiella and Plumariopsis (tribe Ptiloteae). Brit. Phycol. J. 18(3): 275-298, 46 figs., I table. 1983.

  48. The role of extrinsic factors in the past and future of green algal systematics. In D.E.G. Irvine & D.M. John (eds.), Systematics of the green algae. London etc.: Academic Press. Pp. 419-433, 2 figs. 1984.

  49. (W.J. Woelkerling, Y.M. Chamberlain, & P.C. Silva) A taxonomic and nomenclatural reassessment of Tenarea, Titanoderma and Dermatolithon (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) based on studies of type and other critical specimens. Phycologia 24(3): 317-337, 39 figs., 2 tables. 1985.

  50. (P.C. Silva & H.W. Johansen) A reappraisal of the order Corallinales (Rhodophyceae). Brit. Phycol. J. 21(3): 245-254. 1986.

  51. (P.C. Silva, E.G. Meñez, & R.L. Moe) Catalog of the benthic marine algae of the Philippines. Smithson. Contrib. Mar. Sci. 27. 179 pp., 2 figs. 1987.

  52. (E. Hegewald & P.C. Silva) Annotated catalogue of Scenedesmus and nomenclaturally related genera, including original descriptions and figures. Biblioth. Phycol. 80. xii + 587 pp., 900 figs. [1-896, 39A, 311A, 323A, 497A]. 1988.

  53. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Desmarestia antarctica (Desmarestiales, Phaeophyceae), a new ligulate Antarctic species with an endophytic gametophyte. Pl. Syst. & Evol. 164: 273-286, 13 figs. 1989.

  54. Hesperophycus Setchell & Gardner, nom. cons. prop., a problematic name applied to a distinctive genus of Fucaceae (Phaeophyceae). Taxon 39(1): 1-8, 3 figs. 1990.

  55. Notes on the type specimens of red algal parasites described from California by W.A. Setchell. Taxon 40(3): 463-470. 1991.

  56. Nomenclatural remarks on Agarum (Laminariaceae, Phaeophyceae). Jap. J. Phycol. 39(3): 217-221. 1991.

  57. (T.R. Deason, P.C. Silva, S. Watanabe, & G.L. Floyd) Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genus Neochloris. Pl. Syst. & Evol. 177: 213-219, 1 table. 1991.

  58. The nomenclatural status of Holodiscus Maxim. (Rosaceae), with a proposal (1005) to reject Sericotheca Raf. Taxon 40(4): 638-642. 1991.

  59. Nomenclatural notes on Clemente's Ensayo. Anal. Jard. Bot. Madrid 49(2): 163-170. 1992.

  60. (T. Yoshida & P.C. Silva) On the identity of Fucus babingtonii Harvey (Fucales, Phaeophyta). Jap. J. Phycol. 40(2): 121-124, 3 figs. 1992.

  61. (T.C. DeCew, P.C. Silva, & J.A. West) Culture studies on the relationship between Schizymenia and Haematocelis (Gigartinales, Rhodophyceae) from the Pacific coast of North America. J. Phycol. 28(4): 558-566, 27 figs. 1992.

  62. (T.C. DeCew, J.A. West, & P.C. Silva) The life history and anatomy of Opuntiella californica (Gigartinales, Rhodophyceae). Phycologia 31(5): 462-469, 27 figs. 1992.

  63. Geographic patterns of diversity in benthic marine algae. Pac. Sci. 46(4): 429-437, 3 figs. 1992.

  64. (P.C. Silva & T.C. DeCew) Ahnfeltiopsis, a new genus in the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyceae). Phycologia 31(6): 576-580. 1992.

  65. (L.J. Goff, L. Liddle, P.C. Silva, M. Voytek, & A.W. Coleman). Tracing species invasion in Codium, a siphonous green alga, using molecular tools. Amer. J. Bot. 79(11): 1279-1285, 15 figs., 3 tables. 1992.

  66. (M.J. Wynne, F. Ardré, & P.C. Silva) The identity of Fucus pepricarpos Poiret. Cryptogamie: Algologie 14(1): 37-42, 6 figs. 1993.

  67. Continuity, an essential ingredient of modern taxonomy. Korean J. Phycol. 8(2): 83-89. 1993.

  68. Stability versus rigidity in botanical nomenclature. Beih. Nova Hedwigia 112: 1-8, 1 table. 1996.

  69. Taxonomic and nomenclatural status of Trochiscia Kützing and Trochiscia moniliformis Montagne. Cryptogamie: Algologie 17(2): 69-75. 1996.

  70. (P.C. Silva, R.A. Rasmussen, H. Krauss, & P. Avila) Marine flora of Rocas Alijos. In R.W. Schmieder (ed.), Rocas Alijos. Scientific results of the Cordell Expeditions. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press. Pp. 227-235. 1996.

  71. (P.C. Silva, P.W. Basson, & R.L. Moe) Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 79. xiv + 1259 pp., 1 fig. 1996.

  72. (F.F. Pedroche & P.C. Silva) Codium picturatum sp. nov. (Chlorophyta), una especie extraordinaria del Pacífico tropical mexicano. Acta Bot. Mex. 35: 1-8, 6 figs. 1996.

  73. California seaweeds collected by the Malaspina Expedition, especially Pelvetia (Fucales, Phaeophyceae). Madroño 43(3): 345-354, 4 figs. 1996.

  74. (J.R. Hughey, C.K. Kjeldsen, P.C. Silva, R.L. Moe, & T.C. DeCew) [Noteworthy collections. California.] Madroño 43(3): 432. 1996.

  75. (P.C. Silva & R.L. Moe) Algae. In Schmieder, R.W., DX-Aku. Messages from the Easter Island Expedition. Walnut Creek, California: Cordell Expeditions. Pp. 299-300. 1996.

  76. (P.C. Silva, T. Yoshida, & S. Shimada) Typification of species of Codium (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) described by Okamura. Phycol. Res. 45(1): 23-27, 6 figs. 1997.

  77. (N. Hanagata, I. Karube, M. Chihara, & P.C. Silva) Reconsideration of the taxonomy of ellipsoidal species of Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), with establishment of Watanabea gen. nov. Phycol. Res. 46(4): 221-229, 40 figs. 1998.

  78. (P.C. Silva & B. de Reviers) Ordinal names in the Phaeophyceae. Cryptogamie: Algologie 21(1): 49-58. 2000.

  79. (J.R. Hughey, P.C. Silva, & M.H. Hommersand) Solving taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in Pacific Gigartinaceae (Rhodophyta) using DNA from type material. J. Phycol. 37(6): 1091-1109, 4 figs., 2 tables. 2001.

  80. (J.R. Hughey, P.C. Silva, & M.H. Hommersand) ITS1 sequences of type specimens of Gigartina and Sarcothalia and their significance for the classification of South African Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 37(2): 209-216, 5 figs., 2 tables. 2002.

  81. (Y. Lipkin & P.C. Silva) Marine algae and seagrasses of the Dahlak Archipelago, southern Red Sea. Nova Hedwigia 75(1/2): 1-90, 7 figs., 4 tables. 2002.

  82. (F.F. Pedroche, P.C. Silva, & M. Chacana) El género Codium (Codiaceae, Chlorophyta) en el Pacífico de México. Monografías Ficológicas 2002: 11-74, 89 figs. 2002.

  83. P.C. Silva, R.A. Woodfield, A.N. Cohen, L.H. Harris, & J.H.R. Goddard. First report of the Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Biological Invasions 4(3): 333-338, 2 figs., 2 tables. 2002.

  84. Nomenclatural notes on Discoplea Ehrenberg. Diatom Research 18(1): 123-130. 2003.

  85. Historical overview of the genus Caulerpa. Cryptogamie: Algologie 24(1): 33-50, 9 figs., 1 table. 2003.

  86. (P.C. Silva & M.E. Chacana) Marine algae from Isla San Félix. In R.W. Schmieder. XR0X: The 2002 Cordell San Felix Island Expedition. Walnut Creek: Cordell Expeditions. Pp. 237-247. 2003.

  87. (H.S. Hayden, J. Blomster, C.A. Maggs. P.C. Silva, M.J. Stanhope, & J.R. Waaland) Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera. Eur. J. Phycol. 38(3): 277-294, 4 figs., 5 tables. 2003.

  88. (P.C. Silva & Y. Lipkin) Marine algae published by Savigny in the zoological portion of "Description de l'Egypte". Cryptogamie: Algologie 24(4): 371-386, 17 figs., 1 table. 2003.

  89. (M.E. Chacana, P.C. Silva, F.F. Pedroche, & M.C. Gil Rodríguez) Codium profundum y C. guineense: nuevas citas para las islas Canarias y observaciones en C. elisabethae (Chlorophycota). Vieraea 31: 267-280, 11 figs. 2003.

  90. Classification, taxonomy, and phylogeny and their relation to nomenclature with special reference to algae. In Abbott, I.A., & K.L. McDermid (eds.), Taxonomy of economic seaweeds. Vol. 9. Pp. 3-18, 2 tables. 2004.

  91. (Silva, P.C., F.F. Pedroche, M.E. Chacana, R. Aguilar-Rosas, L.E. Aguilar-Rosas, & J. Raum) Geographic correlation of morphological and molecular variation in Silvetia compressa (Fucaceae, Fucales, Phaeophyceae). Phycologia 43(2): 204-214, 18 figs., 2 tables. 2004.

  92. Seaweeds tell their stories. Fremontia 32(1): 3-9, [8] figs. 2004.

  93. California seaweed industry. Fremontia 32(1): 16-17, [3] figs. 2004.

  94. Distribution of California seaweeds. Fremontia 32(1): 18-26, [8] figs., 5 tables. 2004.

  95. (P.C. Silva & M.E. Chacana) Marine algae from Islas San Félix y San Ambrosio (Chilean oceanic islands). Cryptogamie: Algologie 26(1): 103-118, 10 figs., 1 table. 2005.

  96. (T. Kitayama, K.A. Miller, & P.C. Silva) First record of Elachista nigra (Chordariales, Phaeophyceae) from California, North America. Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. [Tokyo], Ser. B (Bot.), 31(2): 57-61. 2 figs. 2005.

  97. (F.F. Pedroche, P.C. Silva, L.E. Aguilar Rosas, K.M. Dreckmann, & R. Aguilar Rosas) Catálogo de las algas marinas bentónicas del Pacífico de México. I. Chlorophycota. Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Pp. [i-viii+] i-viii + 17-135 [136]. 2005.

  98. (P.C. Silva & G.R. Hasle) Taxonomic and nomenclatural history of Fragilaria (Bacillariophyceae). Taxon 55(1): 200-202. 2006.

  99. (P.C. Silva, J. Throndsen, & W. Eikrem) Revisiting the nomenclature of haptophytes. Phycologia 46(4): 471-475. 2007.

  100. Historical review of attempts to decrease subjectivity in species identification, with particular regard to algae. Protist 159(1): 153-161, 5 figs. 2008.

  101. (P.C. Silva & W.A. Nelson) History of the typification of conserved and rejected names, including an account of the typification of Bangia Lyngb. (Bangiaceae, Rhodophyta). Taxon 57(4): 1351-1354. 2008.

  102. (F.F. Pedroche, P.C. Silva, L.E. Aguilar Rosas, K.M. Dreckmann, & R. Aguilar Rosas) Catálogo de las algas marinas bentónicas del Pacífico de México. II. Phaeophycota. Ciudad de México: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa. Pp. [vii] + i-vi, 15-146 [147], 1 fig. [map] 2008.

  103. Conspecificity of Eisenia desmarestioides and E. masonii (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) from Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico. Hidrobiológica 18(2): 155-159, 10 figs. 2008.

  104. Historical, nomenclatural, and distributional notes on two Pacific coast kelps: Lessoniopsis littoralis and Pleurophycus gardneri (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Alariaceae). Madroño 56: 112-117, 2 figs. 2009.

  105. (P.C. Silva & M.E Chacana) Validation of the name Codium profundum P.C. Silva & M.E. Chacana. Nova Hedwigia 91(1/2): 249-253, 2 figs. 2010.

  106. (T. Pröschold, T. Darienko, P.C. Silva, W. Reisser, & L. Krienitz) The systematics of Zoochlorella revisited employing an integrative approach. Environmental Microbiology 13(2): 350-364. 2011.

  107. (J.G. Day, T. Pröschold, T. Friedl, M. Lorenz, & P.C. Silva) Conservation of microalgal type material: approaches needed for 21st century science. Taxon 59(1): 3-6, 2 figs. 2010.

  108. (A. Israel, R. Einav, P.C. Silva, G. Paz, M.E Chacana, & J. Douek) First report of the seaweed Codium parvulum (Chlorophyta) in Mediterranean waters: recent blooms on the northern shores of Israel. Phycologia 49(2): 107-112, 6 figs. 2010.

  109. (A.V. González, M.E Chacana & P.C. Silva) Codium bernabei sp. nov. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), a coalescing green seaweed from the coast of Chile. Phycologia 51(6): 666-671, 12 figs. 2012.

  110. (M.E Chacana & P.C. Silva) Validation of the name Codium arenicola M.E. Chacana & P.C. Silva. Nova Hedwigia 98(1/2): 247-251, 3 figs. 2013.

  111. (P.C. Silva & M.E Chacana) Validation of names of four Hawaiian species of Codium (Chlorophyta). Nova Hedwigia 98(1/2): 253-256, 3 figs. 2013.

  112. (P.C. Silva, F.F. Pedroche, M.E. Chacana, & K.A. Miller) Validation of the names of two new species of Codium (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) from Isla Guadalupe and Rocas Alijos, Pacific Mexico and the southern California Channel Islands, with some remarks on insular endemism. Botanica Marina 57(4). 2014.

  113. (P.C. Silva & M.E Chacana) Codiaceae. In Huisman, J. (ed.) Algae of Australia: marine benthic algae of north-western Australia. 1. Green and brown algae. Pp. 103-113. 2015.

Contributions to encyclopedias and similar publications

  1. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda. I. Cyanophyta. II. Chrysophyta [Classes Chrysophyceae and Xanthophyceae]. IV. Chlorophyta. V. Phaeophyta. VI. Rhodophyta. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Eighth International Botanical Congress, Paris, July, 1954. Pp. 199, 202-208. 1956.

  2. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda. I. Cyanophyta. II. Rhodophyta. III. Bacillariophyta. IV. Phaeophyta. V. Chrysophyta. VI. Xanthophyta. VII. Chlorophyta. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Ninth International Botanical Congress, Montreal, August 1959. Pp. 202-215. 1961.

  3. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda. I. Cyanophyta. II. Rhodophyta. III. Bacillariophyta. IV. Phaeophyta. V. Chrysophyta. VI. Xanthophyta. VII. Chlorophyta. VIIA. Euglenophyta. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Tenth International Botanical Congress, Edinburgh, August 1964. Pp. 226-240. 1966.

  4. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda. I. Cyanophyta. II. Rhodophyta. III. Bacillariophyta. IV. Phaeophyta. V. Chrysophyta. VI. Xanthophyta. VII. Chlorophyta. VIIA. Euglenophyta. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Eleventh International Botanical Congress, Seattle, August 1969. Pp. 239-254. 1972.

  5. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda. I. Cyanophyta. II. Rhodophyta. III. Bacillariophyta. IV. Phaeophyta. V. Chrysophyta. VI. Xanthophyta. VII. Chlorophyta. VIIA. Euglenophyta. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Twelfth International Botanical Congress, Leningrad, July 1975. Pp. 258-274. 1978.

  6. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda. I. Cyanophyta. II. Rhodophyta. III. Bacillariophyta. IV. Phaeophyta. V. Chrysophyta. VI. Xanthophyta. VII. Chlorophyta. VIIA. Euglenophyta. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Thirteenth International Botanical Congress, Sydney, August 1981. Pp. 272-288. 1983.

  7. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda. I. Cyanophyceae. II. Rhodophyceae III. Bacillariophyceae. IV. Chrysophyceae. V. Phaeophyceae. VI. Xanthophyceae. VII. Dinophyceae. VIII. Euglenophyceae. IX. Chlorophyceae. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Fourteenth International Botanical Congress, Berlin, July-August 1987. Pp. 112-130. 1988.

  8. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda. A. Algae. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Tokyo Code) adopted by the Fifteenth International Botanical Congress, (Yokohama, August-September 1993. Pp. 119-142. 1994.

  9. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda. A. Algae. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Saint Louis Code) adopted by the Sixteenth International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, Missouri, July-August 1999. Pp. 146-175. 2000.

  10. Nomina generica conservanda et rejicienda, A. Algae. In International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code) adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005. Pp. 159-191.

  11. [5,078 entries] In E.R. Farr, J.A. Leussink, & F.A. Stafleu (eds.), Index nominum genericorum (plantarum). Regnum Vegetabile 100, 101, 102. xxvi + 1,896 pp. 1979.

  12. [387] entries. In E.R. Farr, J.A. Leussink, & G. Zijlstra (eds.), Index nominum genericorum (plantarum) supplementum I. Regnum Vegetabile 113. xv + 126 pp. 1986.

  13. Thallobionta. In S.P. Parker (ed.), Synopsis and classification of living organisms. [Vol.] 1. New York etc.: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Pp. 59-60. 1982.

  14. Chlorophycophyta. In S.P. Parker (ed.), Synopsis and classification of living organisms. [Vol.] 1. New York etc.: McGraw-Hill Book Company. P. 133. 1982.

  15. Chlorophyceae. In S.P. Parker (ed.), Synopsis and classification of living organisms. [Vol.] 1. New York etc.: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Pp. 133-161. 1982.

  16. Taxonomic classification of algae. In A. Mitsui & C.C. Black (eds.), CRC Handbook of biosolar resources. Vol. I. Part 1. Basic principles. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. Pp. 523-564, 2 tables. 1982.

  17. Sources and collections of algae (including Cyanobacteria). In A. Mitsui & C.C. Black (eds.), CRC Handbook of biosolar resources. Vol. I. Part 1. Basic principles. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. P. 593. 1982.

  18. (P.C. Silva & R.L. Moe) [31 articles] In S.P. Parker (ed.), McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Sixth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1987.
    Agar. Vol. 1. Pp. 165-166.
    Algae. Vol. 1. Pp. 330-336, 1 [+ 1] figs.
    Alginate. Vol. 1. P. 339.
    Bacillariophyceae. Vol. 2. Pp. 295-296, colored plate, 2 figs.
    Bryopsidales. Vol. 3. Pp. 74-75, 2 figs.
    Carrageenan. Vol. 3. P. 271.
    Charophyceae. Vol. 3. Pp. 452-453, fig.
    Chlorophyceae. Vol. 3. Pp. 551-556, 3 figs.
    Chlorophycota. Vol. 3. P. 556.
    Chromophycota. Vol. 3. P. 587.
    Chrysophyceae. Vol. 3. P. 599.
    Corallinales. Vol. 4. Pp. 423-424, colored plate, fig.
    Cryptophyceae. Vol. 4. P. 563.
    Cyanophyceae. Vol. 4. Pp. 625-626.
    Dasycladales. Vol. 5. Pp. 22-23, 3 figs.
    Dinophyceae. Vol. 5. Pp. 299-300, fig.
    Euglenophyceae. Vol. 6. Pp. 474-475, fig.
    Eustigmatophyceae. Vol. 6. P. 496.
    Fucales. Vol. 7. Pp. 444-446, 2 figs.
    Laminariales. Vol. 9. Pp. 551-553, 2 figs.
    Oedogoniales. Vol. 12. Pp. 300-301, fig.
    Phaeophyceae. Vol. 13. Pp. 293-294, fig.
    Plant Phylogeny. Vol. 13. Pp. 655-656.
    Prasinophyceae. Vol. 14. P. 233.
    Prochlorophyceae. Vol. 14. P. 348.
    Prymnesiophyceae. Vol. 14. Pp. 435-436.
    Raphidophyceae. Vol. 15. Pp. 191-192.
    Rhodophyceae. Vol. 15. Pp. 449-451, 3 figs.
    Volvocales. Vol. 19. Pp. 301-304, 3 figs.
    Xanthophyceae. Vol. 19. Pp. 581-582, fig.
    Zygnematales. Vol. 19. Pp. 646-648, fig.

  19. (W. Greuter, R.K. Brummitt, E. Farr, N. Kilian, P.M. Kirk, & P.C. Silva) Names in current use for extant plant genera. Regnum Vegetabile 129. xxvii + 1464 pp. 1993.

  20. (F.F. Pedroche, P.C. Silva, L.E. Aguilar Rosas, K.M. Dreckmann, & R. Aguilar Rosas) Macroalgas marinas bénticas del Pacfico. Referencias bibliográficas selectas (1847-2002). In D. Robledo Ramírez, J.L. Godínez Ortega, & Y. Freile Pelegrin (eds.), Contribuciones ficológicas de México. Mérida: Sociedad Ficológica de México. Pp. 97-126. 2003.

Obituaries

  1. Kathlen M. Drew Baker. Phycol. Soc. Amer. News Bull. 11: 46. 1958.

  2. Josephine E. Tilden. Phycol. Soc. Amer. News Bull. 11: 47. 1958.

  3. Gilbert Morgan Smith, 1885-1959. Revue Algologique, ser. 2, 5(2): 97-102, pl. 12 [= portrait]. 1960.

  4. E. Yale Dawson (1918-1966). Phycologia 6(4): 218-236, [2] photos [including portrait]. 1968.

  5. George Rufus Johnstone (1888-1971). Phycologia 14(1): 49-51, incl. portrait. 1975.

  6. George Frederik Papenfuss. Taxon 31(3): 613-615, incl. portrait. 1982.

  7. (J.A. West, L. Constance, C.H. Hand, Jr., D.R. Kaplan, & P.C. Silva) George Frederik Papenfuss 1903-1981. University of California, In Memoriam 1985. Pp. 318-321. 1985.

  8. (S. D'Alcomo, T.-I. Chuang, L. Constance, J.C. Hickman, & P.C. Silva) Lawrence Ray Heckard 1923-1991. University of California, In Memoriam 1992. Pp. 68-71. 1992.

  9. (L. Constance & P.C. Silva) Rimo Charles Bacigalupi (1901-1996). Taxon 46(1): 130-131. 1997.

  10. (L. Constance & P.C. Silva) Rimo Charles Bacigalupi 1901-1996. University of California, In Memoriam 1996. Pp. 10-12. 1997.

  11. (P.C. Silva & R.L. Moe) Thomas Charles DeCew (1946-1997). Phycologia 37(3): 227-228, incl. portrait. 1998.

  12. A Tribute to Tyge Christensen. Phycologia 50(5): 497. 2011.

Book reviews

  1. [review] Smith, G.M. (ed.), Manual of phycology. Madroño 11(5): 217-220. 1952.

  2. [review] Tiffany, L.H. & M.E. Britton, The algae of Illinois. Amer. Midl. Nat. 51(1): 315-317. 1954.

  3. [review] Randhawa, M.S. Zygnemaceae; Desikachary, T.V. Cyanophyta. Science 131: 1604. 1960.

  4. [review] Taylor, W.R., Marine algae of the eastern tropical coasts of the Americas. Science 132: 1245-1246. 1960.

  5. [review] Fott, B., Algenkunde. Science 132: 1759-1760. 1960.

  6. [review] Geitler, L., Schizophyzeen. Science 133: 457. 1961.

  7. [review] Kachroo, P. (ed.), Proceedings of the Symposium on Algology [New Delhi]. Science 137: 122. 1962.

  8. [review] Maheshwari, P., B.M. Johri, & I.K. Vasil (eds.), Proceedings of the summer school of botany held June 2-15, 1960 at Darjeeling. Science 139: 207. 1963.

  9. [review] Jackson, D.F. (ed.), Algae and man. Science 148: 620-621. 1965.

  10. [review] Gould, S.W., & D.C. Noyce, Authors of plant genera. Science 152: 934-935. [Title of review: Machine data processing and plant taxonomy.] 1966.

  11. [review] Dawson, E.Y., Marine botany: an introduction. American Scientist 55(2): 233A-234A. 1967.

  12. [review] Van Landingham, S.L., Catalogue of the fossil and recent genera and species of diatoms. Phycologia 7(1): 68-70. 1969.

  13. [review] Broberg, G. (ed.), Linnaeus: progress and prospects in Linnaean research. Syst. Bot. 6(2): 191-192. 1981.

  14. [review] Christensen, T., Algae. A taxonomic survey. Fasc. 1. Phycologia 21(2): 192-194. 1982.

  15. [review] Cox, E.R. (ed.), Phytoflagellates. BioScience 33(2): 132. 1983.

  16. [review] Lawson, G.W. & D.M. John, The marine algae and coastal environment of tropical West Africa. Nova Hedwigia 36(2/4): 809-812. 1983.

  17. [review] Ducker, S.C., The contented botanist. Letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific. Phycologia 28(3): 403-405. 1989.

  18. [review] Yamagishi, T. & M. Akiyama (eds.), Photomicrographs of the fresh-water algae. Tokyo. Vols. 1-7. Phycologia 28(3): 405-407. 1989.

  19. [review] Lawson, G.W., & D.M. John, The marine algae and coastal environment of tropical West Africa. Second edition. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 82(4): 508-509. 1989.

  20. [review] Abbott, I.A. (ed.), Taxonomy of economic seaweeds. Vol. III. Pl. Sci. Bull. 38(3): 22-23. 1992.

  21. [review] Gomez Garreta, A. (ed.), Flora phycologica iberica. Vol. 1. Fucales. Eur. J. Phycol. 37(1): 147-148. 2002.

  22. [reviews] Sahoo, D., Farming the ocean. Seaweeds cultivation and utilization. Taxon 51(3): 599. 2002; ibid., Algae 17(3): 201. 2002.

  23. [reviews] Sahoo, D., Nivedita, & Debasish, Seaweeds of Indian coast. Taxon 51(3): 599. 2002; ibid., Algae 17(3): 201. 2002.

  24. [review] Richter, H.E. Codex botanicus Linnaeanus. Taxon 53(2): 617-618. 2004.

  25. [reviews] Labours of love (review of Wynne, M.J. 2006. Portraits of marine algae; Wolowski, K. & F. Hindák. 2005. Atlas of euglenophytes; Kristiansen, J. 2005. Golden algae). Phycologia 47(1): 112-114, [3] col. photos. 2008.

  26. [review] Einav, R. Seaweeds of the eastern Mediterranean coast. Phycologia 47(5): 533-535, incl. photo of title page. 2008.

Reports

  1. The Eighth International Botanical Congress. Phycol. Soc. Amer. News Bull. 8(24): 12-13. 1955.

  2. The International Phycological Society. Phycologia 1(1): 1-3. 1961.

  3. Revisiting the rocky shores of Oaxaca and Guerrero. Phycol. Newsletter [Phycol. Soc. Amer.] 14(2): [5]-[6], [3] photos. 1978.

  4. (P.C. Silva & G.F. Papenfuss) The first 20 years of the International Phycological Society. Phycologia 20(2): 92-95. 1981.

  5. Botanizing in the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California): a Mexican-American expedition. Phycol. Newsletter [Phycol. Soc. Amer.] 18(3): 5. 1982.

  6. First International Phycological Congress. Taxon 32(1): 164. 1983.

  7. Phycology in Japan: past, present, and future. Jap. J. Phycol. 34(3): 189-193. 1986.

  8. Report on the XIV International Botanical Congress. Madroño 35(2): 159-161. 1988.

  9. Report of the Committee for Algae: 1. Taxon 42(3): 699-710. 1993.

  10. Report of the Committee for Algae: 2. Taxon 43(2): 257-264. 1994.

  11. (P.C. Silva & R.L. Moe) The Index Nominum Algarum. Taxon 48(2): 351-353. 1999.

Literature compilations

  1. Phycological literature for 1954. Phycol. Soc. Amer. News Bull. 9: 1-31. 1956; ibid. 10: 11-24. 1957.

  2. Phycological literature for 1955. Phycol. Soc. Amer. News Bull. 10: 29-68. 1957.

  3. Phycological literature for 1956. Phycol. Soc. Amer. News Bull. 11: 1-45. 1958.

  4. Phycological literature for 1957. Phycol. Soc. Amer. News Bull. 12: 1-52. 1959.

  5. Phycological literature for 1958. Phycol. Soc. Amer. News Bull. 13: 5-59. 1960.

  6. Phycological literature for 1959. Phycologia 1(2/3): 61-145. 1961.

  7. Phycological literature for 1960. Phycologia 2(2): 49-132. 1962.

  8. Phycological literature for 1961. Phycologia 3(3/4): 109-193. 1964.

  9. Phycological literature for 1962. Phycologia 4(4): 201-302. 1967.

  10. Phycological literature for 1963. Phycologia 7(3/4): 255-367. 1970.

Abstracts

  1. (D.E.G. Irvine & P.C. Silva) Preparation of an Index Nominum Algarum and Bibliographia Phycologica Universalis. Proceedings of the IX International Botanical Congress, Montreal, August 19-29, 1959. Vol. II. Abstracts. Pp. 176-177. 1959.

  2. Conspicuous features of the intertidal and shallow subtidal algal flora of the central part of San Francisco Bay, California. Eighth International Seaweed Symposium, Bangor, North Wales, U.K. Abstract A10. 1974.

  3. Re-evaluation of the biogeographical significance of Point Conception, California. XII International Botanical Congress [Leningrad 1975], Abstracts. P. 5. 1975.

  4. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Taxonomic position of the Antarctic brown algae Himantothallus, Phaeoglossum, and Phyllogigas. J. Phycol. 12(suppl.): 27- 28. 1976.

  5. (T.C. DeCew & P.C. Silva) Reproductive phenology of some Pacific North American marine algae: its relationship to life histories and phytogeography. J. Phycol. 13(suppl.): 16. 1977.

  6. Varying approaches and limitations to marine algal geography. J. Phycol. 13(suppl.): 63.

  7. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Benthic marine algal flora of Antarctica. Abstracts of the XIII International Botanical Congress [Sydney 1981]. P. 174.

  8. (P.C. Silva & H.W. Johansen) Reappraisal of the order Corallinales (Rhodophyceae). First International Phycological Congress [St. John's, Newfoundland 1982], Scientific Program and Abstracts, A46. 1982.

  9. Napoleon Bonaparte's contribution to botany, especially phycology. Abstracts of the XIV International Botanical Congress [Berlin 1987]. P. 443. 1987.

  10. Geographic patterns of diversity in benthic marine algae. XVII Pacific Science Congress [Honolulu 1991], [Abstracts]. P. 125. 1991.

  11. Historical aspects of the type method. J. Phycol. 27(suppl.): 68. 1991.

  12. (P.C. Silva & M.E. Chacana) Codium oaxacense n.sp. para la costa Pacífica mexicana del sur. Resumenes III Congreso Latinoamericano [Mexico, D.F.]. P. 138. 1993.

  13. (M. Chacana, P.C. Silva, & F.F. Pedroche) El género Codium (Chlorophyta) en el Archipiélago de Colón (Galápagos). Abstr. IV Congresso Latino-Americano [Caxambu, Brazil]. P. 79. 1996.

  14. (M.E. Chacana, P.C. Silva, & F.F. Pedroche) Japanese species of crustose Codium. Phycologia 36(4, suppl.): 16. 1997.

  15. (F. Pedroche & P.C. Silva) Multivariate analysis of morphological variation in Codium from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Phycologia 36(4, suppl.): 85. 1997.

  16. Codium, a genus of challenge and frustration. J. Phycol. 34(suppl.): 55. 1998.

  17. (Fourtanier, E., J.P. Kociolek, C.W. Reimer, P.C. Silva, & R.L. Moe) Computerized database of diatom names. Abstracts 17th International Diatom Symposium [Ottawa]. P. 39. 2002.

  18. (Pedroche, F.F., P.C. Silva, L.E. Aguilar Rosas, K.M. Dreckmann, & R. Aguilar Rosas) Catálogo de las algas marinas bentónicas del Pacífico mexicano, I. Chlorophycota. Libros de Resumenes, IV Congreso Mexicano de Ficología [Mérida]. Pp. 75-76. 2003.

  19. (Pedroche, F.F., P.C. Silva, & M.E. Chacana) Phylogenetic studies in Codium (Chlorophyta), a molecular approach to Mexican species. Abstracts XVII International Botanical Congress [Vienna]. P. 373. 2005.

  20. (P.C. Silva & M.E. Chacana) The genus Codium (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in New Zealand. Phycologia 48(4, suppl.): 121. 2009.

Miscellaneous

  1. Phycological resources of the Herbarium of the University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley: Poseidon Press. 16 pp., folded insert. 1977.

  2. Phycologia. Index to Volumes 1-20 (1961-1981). International Phycological Society. 80 pp. [Computerized by P.C. Silva & R.L. Moe.] 1984.

  3. [Nomenclature proposals to the Leningrad International Botanical Congress:] Proposal 149. Taxon 23(5/6): 878-879. 1974.

  4. Proposals to amend the Code. Taxon 29(2/3): 342-346. 1980.

  5. (E.G. Voss, H.M. Burdet, W.G. Chaloner, V. Demoulin, P. Hiepko, J. McNeill, R.D. Meikle, D.H. Nicolson, R.C. Rollins, P.C. Silva, & W. Greuter, eds.) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Thirteenth International Botanical Congress, Sydney, August 1981. XV + 472 pp. 1983.

  6. Dr. Lawrence R. Heckard. Jepson Globe 1(4): 1, 7, incl. portrait. [Biographical sketch.] 1988.

  7. (W. Greuter, H.M. Burdet, W.G. Chaloner, V. Demoulin, R. Grolle, D.L. Hawksworth, D.H. Nicolson, P.C. Silva, F.A. Stafleu. E.G. Voss, & J. McNeill, eds.) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature adopted by the Fourteenth International Botanical Congress, Berlin, July-August 1987. xiv + 328 pp. 1988.

  8. Withdrawal of proposals for conservation of family names of algae. Taxon 42(1): 121-122. 1993.

  9. Editorial corrections to the entries for Agarum, nom. cons. (Phaeophyceae) and Zygnema, nom. cons. (Chlorophyceae). Taxon 42(1): 123-124. 1993.

  10. (P.C. Silva & G.R. Hasle) (1061) Proposal to conserve Thalassiothrix Cleve & Grunow (Bacillariophyceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 42(1): 125-127. 1993.

  11. (1062) Proposal to conserve Ahnfeltia Fr. (Rhodophyceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 42(1): 128-130. 1993.

  12. (1063) Proposal to conserve Falklandiella Kylin (Rhodophyceae: Ceramiaceae). Taxon 42(1): 131-132. 1993.

  13. (260-261) Two proposals concerning the terms "description" and "diagnosis". Taxon 42(1): 163-164. 1993.

  14. (262-263) Two proposals to incorporate the term "iconotype" in the Code. Taxon 42(1): 165-166. 1993.

  15. (264-266) Three proposals dealing with lectotypification. Taxon 42(1): 167-168. 1993.

  16. (290-320) Thirty-one proposals mainly concerning editorial matters. Taxon 42(1): 185-190. 1993.

  17. (P.C. Silva & G.R. Hasle) (1087) Proposal to conserve Thalassiosiraceae against Lauderiaceae and Planktoniellaceae (Algae). Taxon 43(2): 287-289. 1994.

  18. (W. Greuter, F.R. Barrie, H.M. Burdet, W.G. Chaloner, V. Demoulin, D.L. Hawksworth, P.M. Jørgensen, D.H. Nicolson, P.C. Silva, P. Trehane, & J. McNeill, eds.) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Tokyo Code) adopted by the Fifteenth International Botanical Congress, Yokohama, August-September 1993. xviii + 389 pp. 1994.

  19. (P.C. Silva & R.L. Moe) Taxonomic classification of algae mentioned in the text. In C.S. Lobban & P.J. Harrison, Seaweed ecology and physiology. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 301-307. 1994.

  20. (1144) Proposal to conserve Husseya J. Agardh against Husseia Berk. and Rhododactylis J. Agardh (Rhodophyceae: Rhodomelaceae). Taxon 44(1): 97-98. 1995.

  21. (P.C. Silva, C.A. Maggs, & L.M. Irvine) (1162) Proposal to change the listed type of Ptilota C. Agardh, nom. cons. (Rhodophyceae). Taxon 44(3): 415-418, 2 figs. 1995.

  22. (1206) Proposal to conserve the name Asteronema Delépine & Asensi (Phaeophyceae) against Asteronema Trevis. (Fungi). Taxon 45(1): 123-124. 1996.

  23. (P.C. Silva & G.R. Hasle) (1283) Proposal to conserve the name Synedra nitzschioides (Bacillariophyceae) with a conserved type to preserve the current application of the generic name Thalassionema. Taxon 46(2): 331-332. 1997.

  24. The correct spelling of commemorative epithets. Jepson Globe 8(2): 1, 3 1997.

  25. (1379) Proposal to conserve the name Chlorella against Zoochlorella (Chlorophyceae). Taxon 48(1): 135-136. 1999.

  26. (P.C. Silva, D. Lamy, S. Loiseaux-de Goer, & B. de Reviers) (1382) Proposal to conserve the name Pylaiella Bory (Phaeophyceae) with a conserved spelling. Taxon 48(1): 139-140. 1999.

  27. (R.L. Moe, P.C. Silva, & D.P. Fewer) (1383) Proposal to conserve the name Rhodochorton (Rhodophyceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 48(1): 141-142. 1999.

  28. Greetings to Professor Tseng Cheng-Kwei on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Botanica Marina 42(3): 203-205, incl. photograph. 1999.

  29. (A.K.S.K. Prasad & P.C. Silva) (1448) Proposal to conserve the name Staurophora Mereschk. (Bacillariophyceae) against Staurophora Willd. (Hepaticae). Taxon 49(2): 283-284. 2000.

  30. (W. Greuter, J. McNeill, F.R. Barrie, H.M. Burdet, V. Demoulin, T.S. Filgueiras, D.H. Nicolson, P.C. Silva, J.E. Skog, P. Trehane, N.J. Turland, & D.L. Hawksworth, eds.) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Saint Louis Code) adopted by the Sixteenth International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, Missouri, July-August 1999. xviii + 473 pp. 2000.

  31. (1484) Proposal to conserve the name Utriculidium durvillei (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 50(3): 905-906. 2001.

  32. Comments on the commentary by Kraft & Saunders [Phycologia 39: 258-261 (2000)]. Phycologia 41(1): 99-100. 2002.

  33. Serial publications in the field of diatom taxonomy. Taxon 52(4): 886-887. 2003.

  34. Field guides to Pacific North American seaweeds. Taxon 53(1): 233-234. 2004.

  35. (1620) Proposal to conserve the name Caloglossa against Apiarium (Rhodophyceae). Taxon 53(2): 555-556. 2004.

  36. (P.C. Silva & P. Compère) [Proposals to amend the Code:] (215-217) Proposals offered by the Committee for Algae. Taxon 53(3): 851. 2004.

  37. [Proposals to amend the Code:] Miscellaneous proposals to amend the Code, Taxon 53(3): 852-853. 2004.

  38. (M. Aboal & P.C. Silva) Validation of new combinations. Diatom Research 19(2): 361. 2004.

  39. (P.C. Silva & G.R. Hasle) (1653) Proposal to conserve the name Fragilariopsis against Pseudo-eunotia (Bacillariophyceae). Taxon 54(1): 177-178. 2005.

  40. (J. McNeill, F.R. Barrie, H.M. Burdet, V. Demoulin, D.L. Hawksworth, K. Marhold, D.H. Nicolson, J. Prado, P.C. Silva, J.E. Skog, J.H. Wiersema, & N.J. Turland, eds.) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code) adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005. xviii + 568 pp. 2006.

  41. (T. Pröschold & P.C. Silva) (1768) Proposal to change the listed type of Chlamydomonas Ehrenb., nom. cons. (Chlorophyta). Taxon 56(2): 595-596. 2007.

  42. (Zhang Li-Bing, P.C. Silva, J. McNeill, & N.J. Turland) On the terms in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 45(4): 593-598. 2007.

  43. (G. Zijlstra & P.C. Silva) (2017) Proposal to conserve the name Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal. (Bryophyta: Hypnaceae) against Vesicularia P. Micheli ex Targ. Tozz. (Algae incertae sedis), with a new name for Vesicularia Vologdin (fossil Cyanophyceae). Taxon 60(3): 905-906. 2011.

  44. Gaillonella vs. Gallionella. Diatom Research 24(1): 191-195. 2009.

  45. (164-167) Miscellaneous proposals to amend the Code. Taxon 59(4): 1294. 2010.

  46. (R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva) Pinnunavis vs. Pinnuavis. Diatom Research 26(4): 319. 2011.