Desmids (Chlorophyceae, Conjugales, Desmidiaceae) from Foothills of Western Himalaya, India

doi:2008.23.1.1

Algae > Volume 23(1); 2008 > Article

Algae 2008;23(1): 1-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.4490/algae.2008.23.1.001

Sunil Kumar Shukla¹, Chandra Prakash Shukla² and Pradeep Kumar Misra²^*

¹National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research, Headland Sada, Vasco-Da-Gama, Goa – 403 804, India
²Phycology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow – 226 007, India

*Corresponding Author

Email: misrapkm@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Forty-eight taxa of desmids belonging to Class Chlorophyceae (Order - Conjugales, Family - Desmidiaceae), collected from different aquatic habitats of Lalkuan, Kathgodam and Pantnagar areas of Uttaranchal state and Pilibheet district of Uttar Pradesh, which are regions of foothills of Western Himalaya, have been described. These taxa belongs to 5 genera viz. Closterium Nitzsch (6 spp., 5 var., and 2 forma), Euastrum Ehrenberg (1 var.), Staurastrum Meyen (2 spp., 1 var., 1 forma), Cosmarium Corda ex Ralfs (19 spp. and 10 var.), Pleurotaenium Naegeli (1 sp.). Staurastrum pseudopachyrhyncum Wolle (1884) is new record for desmid flora of India.

Key words: algae, chlorophyceae, conjugales, desmids, foothills of Western Himalaya