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TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE ORDER ULOTRICHALES (CHLOROPHYTA) FROM NORTH-EASTERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN

A. ZARINA, MASUD-UL-HASAN¹ AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL²

Abstract: Thirteen species belonging to the genera Binuclearia, Geminella, Heterothrichopsis, Ulothrix and Uronema were collected from various freshwater habitats in Gujranwala, Jauharabad, Kasur, Lahore, Pasrur, Sheikhupura and Sialkot districts of the Punjab; Bahrain, Kalam and Utrod river in Swat (NWFP) and Neelum Valley of Azad Kashmir during March 2003-July 2005. They were taxonomically determined and have been described for the first time from these areas.
 

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

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Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.