Taxonomic study of some Cosmarium species from north-eastern areas of Pakistan. | Proceedings of Pakistan Academy of Sciences 2012

Author(s)

Waqar-ul-Haq Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75300, Pakistan

Zarina Ali Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75300, Pakistan

Masud-ul-Hasan Department of Botany, Govt. College University, Katchehri Road, Lahore-54000, Pakistan

Mustafa Shameel Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan

Abstract

Ten species of the placoderm desmid, Cosmarium Corda ex Ralfs (phylum Volvophycota Shameel) were collected from various freshwater habitats in Azad Kashmir as well as provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa of Pakistan during April 2004 and December 2006. They were taxonomically investigated and described. They appeared in winter, occurred predominantly in spring and summer, and disappeared in the autumn. Out of these, C. ctenoideum, C. formulosum Hoff in Nordstedt and C. garrolense Roy et Bisset are being reported for the first time from Pakistan.

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Page(s) 181-186

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Published Journal: Proceedings of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Year: 2012

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