ACTIVITIES

The activities of the IRGC include:

• Organization of international meetings
• Publication of an informative newsletter (IRGC News)
• Publication of books and journal’s special volumes on charophytes
• Encouragement of charophyte specialists to gather as Regional Groups
• Maintenance of the charophyte-L. See Forum Page

News

Charophytes (Charales) bibliography
Joop van Raam (dec.) from The Netherlands has compiled and updated all the references on modern and fossil charophytes. This information is available for general use and will be updated twice a year..

• Bibliography of Extant and Fossil charophytes (Charales)

Upcoming Conferences

2012

6th IRGC Symposium, Mendoza, Argentina, 25-27 November 2012

• Download the Expression of Interest form (pdf)

Past Conferences

2011

18th Meeting of the Group of European Charophytologists (GEC),
Pozna, Poland, 15-18 September 2011
The next meeting of the Group of European Charophytologists will be organized by Mariusz Pelechaty, Andrzej Pukacz, Joanna Krupska, Maciej Gabka and Jacek Urbaniak at the Department of Hydrobiology (in Poznan) & Collegium Polonicum (in Slubice), Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU), Poland during September 2011.
Contact: Mariusz Pelechaty
Website: www.gec.amu.edu.pl

2008

5th IRGC Symposium, Rostock, Germany, 23-26 September 2008
The meeting was organised by Prof. Hendrik Schubert (University of Rostock) and Dr Irmgard Blindow (University of Greifswald), including scientific sessions, workshops and two excursions to collect extant and fossil charophytes. It was attended by more than 80 participants from 25 different countries. All continents (with the exception of Africa) were represented.

• 5th IRGC Symposium Group Photograph 

Past IRGC Meetings

• 1st International Symposium on Extant and Fossil Charophytes,
  Montpellier 1989
• 2nd International Symposium on Extant and Fossil Charophytes,
  Madison 1996
• 3rd International Symposium on Extant and Fossil Charophytes,
  Nanjing 2000
• 4th International Symposium on Extant and Fossil Charophyte,
  25-27 September 2004, Robertson, NSW, Australia
• 5th International Symposium on Extant ad Fossil Charophytes, 23-26 September, Rostock, Germany

IRGC Publications

1. 1991. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France, volume 138
2. 1999. Australian Journal of Botany, volume 43
3. 2002. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, volume 20
4. 2006. Cryptogamie-Algologie, volume 27 (proceedings of the 4th IRGC meeting)
5. 2011. Charophytes (2009 - 2010)