Robert G. Sheath (born 1950), phycologist. (A year of death in 2019 was given, but this needs a reference).

IPNI standard form: Sheath

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 25 taxon names authored by Robert G. Sheath

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Sheath, R.G. & Cole, K.M. 1990. Batrachospermum heterocorticum sp. nov. and Polysiphonia subtilissima (Rhodophyta) from Florida spring-fed streams. Journal of Phycology 26(3): 563–568. Reference page. 

• Vis, M.L. & Sheath, R.G. 1992. Systematics of the freshwater red algal family Lemanaceae in North America. Phycologia 31(2): 164–179. Reference page. 

• Sheath, R.G., Vis, M.L. & Cole, K.M. 1993. Distribution and systematics of the freshwater red algal family Thoreaceae in North America. European Journal of Phycology 28: 231–241. Reference page. 
• Sheath, R.G., Whittick, A. & Cole, K.M. 1994. Rhododraparnaldia oregonica, a freshwater red algal genus and species intermediate between the Acrochaetiales and the Batrachospermales. Phycologia 33: 1-7. DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-33-1-1.1

• Vis, M.L. & Sheath, R.G. 1996. Distribution and systematics of Batrachospermum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) in North America. 9. Section Batrachospermum: description of five new species. Phycologia 35: 124–134. Reference page. 
• Sheath, R.G., Müller, K.M., Vis, M.L. & Entwisle, T.J. 1996. A re-examination of the morphology, ultrastructure and classification of genera in the Lemaneaceae (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 44: 233-246.

• Sheath, R.G. & Müller, K.M. 1999. Systematic status and phylogenetic relationships of the freshwater genus Balbiania (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 35: 855–864, 22 figs, 1 table. DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3540855.x Reference page. 

• Sheath, R.G. & Sherwood, A.R. 2002. Phylum Rhodophyta (Red Algae). In: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 123–143. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reference page. 

• Müller, K.M., Sherwood, A.R., Pueschel, C.M., Gutell, R.R. & Sheath, R.G. 2002. A proposal for a new red algal order, the Thoreales. Journal of Phycology 38: 807–820. DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.01055.x Reference page. 

• Müller, K.M., Cannone, J.J. & Sheath, R.G. 2005. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Bangiales (Rhodophyta) and description of a new genus and species, Pseudobangia kaycoleia. Phycologia 44: 146–155. DOI: 10.2216/0031-8884(2005)44[146:AMPAOT]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

• Yoon, H.S., Müller, K.M., Sheath, R.G., Ott, F.D., & Bhattacharya, D. 2006. Defining the major lineages of red algae (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 42: 482–492. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00210.x (PDF) Reference page. 

• Sherwood, A.R., Necchi, O., Jr, Carlile, A.L., Laughinghouse, H.D.IV, Fredericq, S. & Sheath, R.G. 2012. Characterization of a novel freshwater gigartinalean red alga from Belize, with a description of Sterrocladia belizeana sp. nov. (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 51(6): 627–635. DOI: 10.2216/12-012.1 Reference page.