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TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON CYMBELLA (BACILLARIOPHYTA) FROM PUNJAB AND AZAD KASHMIR

SYED TARIQ-ALI, A. ZARINA, MASUD-UL-HASAN¹ AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL²

Abstract: Ten species of the diatom genus Cymbella C. A. Agardh (Cymbellaceae, Bacillariales, Bacillariophyceae) were collected from various freshwater habitats at Kasur, Lahore and Sialkot districts of the Punjab (Pakistan), Chenari and Neelum Valley of Azad Kashmir during April 2003 to December 2004. They were taxonomically determined and are described for the first time from these areas.
 

1Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75300
¹ Haleema Sheikh Street No. 12, Shahgoharabad, P.O. Baghbanpura, Lahore-54920
² Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.