Pak. J. Bot., 46(4): 1501-1506, 2014.

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	*TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON THE GENUS COSMARIUM* CORDA (DESMIDOPHYCEAE) FROM NORTH-EASTERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN** A. ZARINA^1, FARIHA NAZ¹ AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL² Abstract:* Forty-one species of the algal genus Cosmarium Corda ex Ralfs (phylum Volvophycota Shameel) were collected from various freshwater habitats in Azad Kashmir as well as provinces of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa of Pakistan during January 2003 and December 2006. Out of these 11 species were taxonomically investigated and described here. Among them C. pulchrum Turner, C. repandum Nordstedt, C. rugosum Turner, C. tetraophthalmum Brébisson in Ralfs, C. tumidum P. Lundell are being reported for the first time from Pakistan. ¹Departmentof Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75300 ²Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan ^Corresponding authore-mail: zarinaali2006@gmail.com*

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