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TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON NAVICULA (BACILLARIOPHYTA) FROM CERTAIN AREAS OF THE PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

SYED TARIQ-ALI, A. ZARINA, MASUD-UL-HASAN* AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL**

Abstract: Nine species of the diatom genus Navicula Bory de Saint-Vincent (Naviculaceae, Bacillariales, Bacillariophyceae) were collected from various freshwater habitats at Gujranwala, Kasur, Lahore and Sheikhupura districts of the Punjab Province of Pakistan during April and December 2004. 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

Haleema Sheikh Street No. 12, Shahgoharabad, P. O. Baghbanpura, Lahore-54920
Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.