Syllabus of Plant Families – A. Engler’s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien Part 1/1

Part 1/1 of Engler’s Syllabus of Plant Families – Blue-green Algae, Myxomycetes and Myxomycete-like organisms, Phytoparasitic protists, Heterotrophic Hetero -kontobionta and Fungi p.p. provides a thorough treatment of the world-wide morphological and molecular diversity of the Cyanoprokaryota, Acrasia and Eumycetozoa, Phytomyxea, the heterotrophic Heterokontobionta (Labyrinthulomycota, Oomycota), and the lower fungi (Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota and Glomeromycota).

The authors followed the tradition of A. Engler with morphological-anatomical data, but are have additionally incorporated the latest results from molecular phylogenies. This up-to-date overview will be a useful reference.