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Pak. J. Bot., 42(5): 3457-3462, 2010. |
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE ALGAL FLORA (CHLOROPHYTA) OF FRESH WATERS OF DISTRICT SWAT. N.W.F.P., PAKISTAN
ASGHAR ALI1, ZABTA KHAN SHINWARI2 AND FAZLI MALIK SARIM3
Abstract: In this study 138 Chlorophycean species belonging to 56 genera, 25 families and 9 orders were recorded. Among these 74 species (53.6%) belong to 22 genera and 7 families of order Chlorococcales. Four species (3%) belong to 3 genera and 1 family of order Cladophorales. Three species (2.2%) belong to 3 genera and 3 families of order Chaetophorales. One species (0.7%) belong to 1 genus and 1 family of order Sphaeropleales. Two species (1.5%) belong to 2 genera and 1 family of order Oedogoniales. Fourteen species (10.2%) belong to 8 genera and 3 families of order Tetrasporales. Eight species (5.8%) belong to 4 genera and 3 families of order Ulotrichiales. Eleven species (8%) belong to 7 genera and 3 families of order Volvocales. Twenty one species (15%) belong to 6 genera and 3 families of order Zygnematales. The maximum 74 species (53.6%) belong to order Chlorococcales, followed by Zygnematales with 21 species (15%) and 1 species (0.7%) from order Sphaeropleales.
1Department of Botany, G.P.G. Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif Swat 2Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad 3Department of Botany University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan |
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