The IRGC engages in the following activities:
- Organization of international meetings every four years
- Organization of regional meetings approximately every second year.
- Publication of an annual newsletter (IRGC News, ISSN 1834 6030)
- Publication of books and journal’s special issues on charophytes
- Social media
Forthcoming Meetings
September 2028, 9th International Symposium on Extant and Fossil Charophytes, Nanjing, China
Contact: Li Sha, shali{at}nigpas.ac.cn
Past IRGC Symposia
- 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, Robertson, Australia 2004
- 5th International Symposium on Extant and Fossil Charophytes, Rostock, Germany 2008
- 6th International Symposium on Extant and Fossil Charophytes, Mendoza, Argentina 2012
- 7th International Symposium on Extant and Fossil Charophytes, Astana, Kazakhstan 2016
- (in 2020, the IRGC Symposium planned to be held in Gammarth, Tunisia, had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
- 8th International Symposium on Extant and Fossil Charophytes, Melbourne, Australia, 2024
IRGC Publications
- 1991. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France, volume 138(1)
- 1999. Australian Journal of Botany, volume 47(3)
- 2003. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 2003, issue 2
- 2006. Cryptogamie-Algologie, volume 27 (4)
- 2010. Charophytes 2(2)
- 2015. Aquatic Botany, volume 120A
Social Media
We have a Facebook group which is open to IRGC members only.