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Pak. J. Bot., 48(1): 255-262, 2016. |
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SYSTEMATICS OF CHROOCOCCUS FROM PAKISTAN
MUBASHRAH MUNIR1, RAHMATULLAH QURESHI1, *, MUHAMMAD ILYAS1, MAHMOODA MUNAZIR1 AND M.K. LEGHARI2
Abstract: The present paper reports taxonomic enumeration of genus Chroococcus belonging to the Chroococcaceae family from the Kallar Kahar Lake, Chakwal, Pakistan. In all, 18 species have been recorded from the study area. Of them, 5 species viz., C. microscopicus, C. planctonicus, C. polyedriformis, C. subtilissimus and C. vacuolatus are new records for Pakistan and South Asia. Their taxonomic description and geographic distribution is provided and discussed in this paper.
Key words: Chroococcus, Brackish water, Microalgae, Cyanobacteria, Kallar Kahar Lake, Geographic distribution.
1Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 2Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan. *Corresponding author: rahmatullahq@yahoo.com, rahmatullahq@uaar.edu.pk; Cell: +923035904694. |
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