Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

Ankhi Sau ¹, R. K. Gupta ¹

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah-711103, IN

Abstract

A survey on algal flora of Indian Botanic Garden was undertaken during December 1998 to November 2001. A total of 167 taxa belonging to 79 genera, mainly of Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae and Bacillariophyceae have been enumerated for the first time.

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Ankhi Sau ¹

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah - 711103, IN

Abstract

The present study records occurance of 238 algal taxa belonging to seven Classes - Chlorophyceae (103 spp.), Cyanophyceae (63 spp.), Bacillariophyceae (59 spp.), Euglenophyceae (10 spp.), Xanthophyceae (1 sp.), Dinophyceae (1 sp.) and Rhodophyceae (1 sp.) from Howrah District, West Bengal during 2005-2008. The species have been chumerated their currently accepted name along with brief description, distribution and voucher specimens.

Keywords

Algae, Taxa, Howrah District, West Bengal.

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