SPECIES OF ZYGNEMA AGARDH FROM KERALA, INDIA
K. USHA DEVI *
Department of Botany, S. M. College, Quilon, Kerala, India
M. V. N. PANIKKAR *
Department of Botany, S. M. College, Quilon, Kerala, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Eleven species of the genus Zygnema Agardh are recorded for the first time from Kerala. These are: Z. atrocoeruleum W. and G. S. West, Z. borzae Krieger, Z. frigidum Taft, Z. gangeticum Rao, Z. gedeanum, Czurda, Z. indicum Misra, Z. momoniense West, Z. quadrangulatum Jao, Z. Schwabei Krieger, Z. Synadelphum Skuja, Z. vaginatum Klebs.
Keywords: Algal taxonomy, Chlorophyceae, Zygnemaceae, Zygnema, Kerala