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Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2022

Articles

Notes on the extended distribution of Hawaiian endemic species Gracilaria dotyi Hoyle (Gracilariaceae, Gracilariales) in India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/169957

Published 2022-08-02

  • M. Palanisamy
    • ,
  • Y. Aron Santhosh Kumar
    • ,
  • S. Vivek

M. Palanisamy
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah-711 103

Y. Aron Santhosh Kumar
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India

S. Vivek
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

In our field exploration at the coastline of Andhra Pradesh, Gracilaria dotyi Hoyle, an endemic species of Hawaiian Islands, USA, was reported for the first time in India. Therefore, the current attempt is aimed to provide the taxonomic account of this species in detail.

Keywords

Andhra Pradesh, Exploration, First time report, Gracilariaceae, India

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