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Pak. J. Bot., 44(5): 1805-1814, 2012. |
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TAXONOMIC STUDY OF BACILLARIOPHYTA FROM KALLAR KAHAR LAKE CHAKWAL, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
MUBASHRAH MUNIR1, RAHMATULLAH QURESHI1,* MUHAMMAD ARSHAD1, ABDUL KHALIQ CHAUDHRY2 AND M.K. LAGHARI3
Abstract: The present paper reports taxonomic enumeration of Bacillariophyta, a diatomic group from Kallar Kahar Lake, Salt Range, Pakistan. A total of 35 species distributed in two orders, 7 families and 15 genera have been reported for the first time from the study area. Of them, 16 species viz., Cyclotella gamma, Cymbella minuta var. silesiaca, Gomphonema clavatum, Gomphonema gracile, Gomphonema affine, Mastogloia elliptica, Mastogloia smithii var. smithii, Navicula symmetrica, Navicula schroeteri, Navicula kotschyi, Navicula veneta, Navicula duerrenbergiana, Navicula pseudolanceolata var. denselineolata, Navicula cryptotenella, Fragilaria famelica, Fragilaria microcephala are new record from Pakistan. Besides, 6 species namely Achnanthes minutissima, Cymbella laevis var. laevis, Gomphonema angustatum, Gyrosigma spencerii, Navicula gregaria, Campylodiscus bicostatus are documented as addition to the Punjab Province, Pakistan.
1Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 2Department of Forestry & Range Management, Pir Mehr Ali Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 3Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan *Corresponding author: rahmatullahq@yahoo.com |
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