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Volume 64, Issue 2, December 2022

Articles

Six new additions to algal flora of India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/172549

Published 2022-12-31

  • N. Savithra
    • ,
  • S. G. Malammanavar
    • ,
  • Aron Santhosh Kumar
    • ,
  • M Palanisamy

N. Savithra
Department of PG Studies and Research in Applied Botany, Kuvempu University Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka

S. G. Malammanavar
Department of PG Studies and Research in Applied Botany, Kuvempu University Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka

Aron Santhosh Kumar
Botanical Survey of India, SRC, TNAU Campus, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

M Palanisamy
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah

Abstract

The present study confirms the existence of six species belonging to the class Chrysophyceae (4 species), Xanthophyceae (1 species), and Dinophyceae (1 species) reported for the first time in India from the perennial ponds of Shivamogga District, Karnataka. Further, the systematic account, description, and geographical distribution with collection sites are discussed in details.

Keywords

Chrysophyceae, Dinophyceae, Freshwater algae, India, New additions, Xanthophyceae

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