Algal Flora of Nepal. Volume 1: Cyanobacteria. VIII, 324 p.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. (i) General characteristics. (ii) Cell structure. (iii) Thallus organization. (iv) Ecology. (v) Economic importance. (vi)Classification. 2. Nepal Physiography. (i) Geology. (ii) Water resources. (iii) Soils of Nepal. (iv) Climate. 3. Cyanobacteria: explorations and status. (i) History on explorations of Cyanobacteria in Nepal. Present status of Cyanobacteria in Nepal. 4. Taxonomic descriptions. Order 1. Synechococcales: Family 1. Synechococcaceae. Family 2. Merismopediaceae. Family 3. Coelosphaeriaceae. Family 4. Chamaesiphonaceae. Family 5. Pseudanabaenaceae. Family 6. Leptolyngbyaceae. Family 7. Heteroleibleiniaceae. Family 8. Schizotrichaceae. Order 2. Spirulinales. Family 1. Spirulinaceae. Order 3. Chroococcales. Family 1. Microcystaceae. Family 2. Aphanothecaceae. Family 3. Cyanobacteriaceae. Family 4. Chroococcaceae. Family 5. Gomphosphaeriaceae. Family 6. Entophysalidaceae. Order 4. Pleurocapsales. Family 1. Xenococcaceae. Order 5. Oscillatoriales. Family 1. Cyanothecaceae. Family 2. Coleofasciculaceae. Family 3. Microcoleaceae. Family 4. Oscillatoriaceae. Order 6. Nostocales. Family 1. Scytonemataceae. Family 2. Rivulariaceae. Family 3. Tolypothrichaceae. Family 4. Hapalosophonaceae. Family 5. Stigonemataceae. Family 6. Fortieaceae. Family 7. Gloeotrichiaceae. Family 8. Aphanizomenonaceae. Family 9. Nostocaceae. 5. Appendix. 6. Photograph and Illustrations. 7. Bibliography. 8. Algae Index.

In this book, all the cyanobacteria reported by various phycologists so far from different places of Nepal have been incorporated and presented systematically. The text covers the morphology, habitat and distribution with illustrations of all the cyanobacteria in details, using the recently developed molecular based polyphasic approach of classification.


This is the first book ever written in the history of algal flora of Nepal that explores the species with illustrations in detail