Morpho-taxonomic Studies on the Genus Zygnemopsis (skuja) Transeau 1934 (chlorophyta) Occuring in Fresh Water Bodies of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
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Abstract
Three species of Zygnemopsis (Skuja) Transeau 1934. (Zygnemophyta, Chlorophyceae) were collected during 2008 to 2010 from different freshwater habitats of three districts of Jammu province viz., Samba district, Jammu district and Udhampur district. They were taxonomically determined on the basis of vegetative structure and reproductive structure. Their reproduction was mostly studied during winters and spring seasons. Z. splendens, Z.tiffaniana and Z. minuta taxonomically determined in this investigation are new to algal taxonomy of Jammu. All four species were found abundantly in both lentic and lotic water habitat. Z. tiffaniana was epilithic while Z. minuta was epiphytic.