Book ID: 103731
Gupta, R. K.
Algae of India. Volume 1: A checklist of Cyanoprokaryota (Cyanophyceae). 2012.(Flora of India. Series 4: Special and Miscellaneous Publications). 6 col. pls. XIV, 160 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Contents: Foreword/ Preface/ Introduction/ Chroococcaceae Wettst. / Chamaesiphonales Wetts./ Pleurocapsales Geitler /Nostocales Geitler/ Stigonematales Geitler/ List of excluded taxa/References.- From the Preface: This checklist contains exhaustive information on cyanoprokaryota pertaining to 5 orders 18 families 90 genera 939 species, 207 varieties and 86 forms along with theirdetails including nomenclature and distribution. In totality genus Oscillatoria has maximum number of species followed by Lyngbya Phormidium Anabaena, Scytonema, Calothrix and Nostoc. These genera belong to order Nostocales and family Oscillatoriaceae, Nostocaceae, Scytonemataceae and Rivulariaceae.