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TAXONOMIC STUDIES OF THE GENUS ZYGNEMA FROM NORTH-EASTERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN A. ZARINA, MASUD-UL-HASAN* AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL**
Abstract: Ten species of Zygnema C. A. Agardh (Zygnemophyceae, Chlorophyta)
were collected during December 2003-December 2004 from different freshwater
habitats of Gujranwala, Kasur, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Sialkot and Pasrur
districts of the Punjab, Attock and Swat in N.W. F. P. of Pakistan and
Neelum Valley of Azad Kashmir. They were taxonomically determined and
have been described for the first time from these areas. Their reproduction
was observed to occur mostly in winter and spring. They were usually
found abundant in permanent water habitats. Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75300
Haleema Sheikh Street No. 12, Shahgoharabad, P. O. Baghbanpura, Lahore-54920 |
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