Research Article | Published: 30 December 2024

Extended distribution of two species of Bulbochaete from Sikkim Himalaya, India

Manasi Mandal and Somnath Chakrobortty

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 47 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 274-277 | 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2024-GN4YMQ | Cite this article

Abstract

The algal flora of the Sikkim Himalaya has been studied relatively to a lower magnitude compared to the other parts of India. Except the Sikkim Himalaya, so far the distribution of 52 species of the algal genus Bulbochaete C.A.Agardh from various other parts of India has been confirmed. The present study, for the first time, reports the occurrence and distribution of two species of the genus Bulbochaete namely, Bulbochaete  intermedia De Bary ex Hirn and B. nana Wittrock ex Hirn from the Sikkim Himalaya. The plant materials were collected from a clean waterbody of Thangu valley, North Sikkim where the water temperature varied from 3.0-8.0°C with pH 6.4. An illustrated systematic account of the two species B. intermedia and B. nana has been provided in the present paper.

Keywords

Bulbochaete nana Wittrock ex Hirn, B. Intermedia De Bary ex Hirn, New record, North Sikkim, Thangu valley

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Mandal, M. and Chakrobortty, S., 2024. Extended distribution of two species of Bulbochaete from Sikkim Himalaya, India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 47(4), pp.274-277. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2024-GN4YMQ

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 16 September 2024

Manuscript Revised on 04 December 2024

Manuscript Accepted on 23 December 2024

Manuscript Published on 30 December 2024

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