Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 December 2021 | 13(14): 20218–20248

 

ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) 

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6508.13.14.20218-20248

#6508 | Received 01 August 2020 | Final received 09 April 2021 | Finally accepted 14 December 2021

 

 

Comprehensive checklist of algal class Chlorophyceae (sensu Fritsch, 1935) for Uttar Pradesh, India, with updated taxonomic status

 

Sushma Verma 1, Kiran Toppo 2 & Sanjeeva Nayaka 3

 

1–3 Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR – National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India.

1 creation.sanju@gmail.com, 2 toppokiran@yahoo.co.in, 3 nayaka.sanjeeva@gmail.com (corresponding author)

 

 

 

Editor: Anonymity requested.   Date of publication: 26 December 2021 (online & print)

 

Citation: Verma, S., K. Toppo & S. Nayaka (2021). Comprehensive checklist of algal class Chlorophyceae (sensu Fritsch, 1935) for Uttar Pradesh, India, with updated taxonomic status.  Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(14): 20218–20248. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6508.13.14.20218-20248

 

Copyright: © Verma et al. 2021. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.  JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproduction, and distribution of this article in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publication.

 

Funding:  CSIR-NBRI In-house project, OLP 0101.

 

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

 

Author details: Dr. Sushma Verma is working as a Senior Technical Officer in Algology Laboratory, CSIR-NBRI. Her expertise includes molecular systematics of plants. Dr. Kiran Toppo is a Senior Technical Officer in Algology Laboratory, CSIR-NBRI. Her expertise includes fresh water algal taxonomy, especially of Class Chlorophyceae. Dr. Sanjeeva Nayaka is a Senior Principal Scientist at Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-NBRI. His expertise includes taxonomy of lichens and their bioprospection for air pollution monitoring and various biological activities.

 

Author contributions: SV and KT collected and compiled information on algae. Further, SV drafted the manuscript while KT authenticated the identities of several taxa. SN conceptualized the study, updated the current taxonomic status algae and improved the manuscript.

 

Acknowledgements: We thank the director, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow for his constant encouragement and support under inhouse project OLP 0101; heads of the Botany Departments, and librarians of the following universities are thanked for providing access to their library: University of Allahabad, Prayagraj; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and University of Lucknow, Lucknow. Members of Algology Laboratory are thanked for their cooperation during the study.

 

 

 

Abstract: Uttar Pradesh is an active center for algal research in India, but regional checklists are not available. Checklists of algae reported from class Chlorophyceae (sensu Fritsch, 1935) are presented here, with  taxonomic status updated per AlgaeBase. The checklist covers algae from 17 types of habitats and includes 749 species, 166 varities and six forma, belonging to four phyla, 11 classes, 26 orders, 64 families and 161 genera. Charophyta is the dominant phylum with 519 infrageneric taxa (species, varities, forma), while Chlorophyta is represented by 389 taxa. Zygnematophyceae is the dominant class with 465 infrageneric taxa under two orders, six families and 29 genera. Chlorophyceae has 305 infrageneric taxa under five orders, 33 families, and 76 genera. Cosmarium is the most speciose genus with 163 taxa, followed by Oedogonium (79), Spirogyra (72), and Closterium (54). Our study revealed that of 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh only 40 are explored for algae, with Prayagraj and Lucknow recording 266 and 144 taxa respectively.

 

Keywords: Asia, aquatic organism, biodiversity, enumeration, gangatic plains, green algae.

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Algae are defined as “oxygenic photosynthesisers other than embryophyte land plants” by Cavalier-Smith (2016). They are predominantly aquatic photosynthetic organisms, and are the major primary producers. Algae are ubiquitous in distribution and occur in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Fristch (1935) classified algae into 11 classes under the plant kingdom, mostly based on the pigments, reserve food and flagella. Modern classification uses few kingdoms and several phyla (Ruggiero et al. 2015). Although Fristch’s classification is obsolete, it is still popular and followed by many authors. AlgaeBase (www.algaebase.org, Guiry & Guiry 2019) currently lists 155,155 species and infraspecific taxa, under 15 phyla and 54 classes. According to Guiry (2012) there are 72,500 species of algae in the world, of which >20,000 are diatoms. From India so far 7,411 taxa of algae are known, which is 15% of the total Indian flora (Mao & Dash 2019).

Freshwater algal studies in India date back 170 years, when Griffith (1849) first reported species of Chara from West Bengal. Several workers thereafter explored the algal flora of different water bodies across India. Uttar Pradesh, the fourth largest and most populous state of India, lies between the geo-coordinates 23.866–30.416N and 77.05–84.15E. The state covers a geographical area of 2,40,9228 km2 and is divided into 75 districts. Himalayan foothills form the northern border, and the state is largely covered by plains characterized by hard rock strata and plateaus. About 7% (16,826 km2) of the geographical area is covered by forests, which include tropical thorn forest, deciduous and semi-evergreen. A total of 5,712 km2 is protected under 24 wildlife sanctuaries, three tiger reserves and one national park. The Ganga, Yamuna, Ramganga, Gomti, Ghaghara, Gandak, Chambal, Betwa, Ken, and Son are some of the major rivers flowing through Uttar Pradesh. The state has at least 36 prominent lakes and numerous ponds. It is notable that 11 wetlands of the state are declared as wildlife sanctuaries of which eight are recognized as Ramsar sites. Uttar Pradesh has a humid subtropical climate with four seasons; temperature ranges from 42°C in summer to 7°C in winter. Annual rainfall ranges from 650 to 1,000 mm. The state has been an active center of algal research in India for nine decades, indicated by numerous publications and descriptions of several novel taxa. However, the algal enumerations published from Uttar Pradesh are scattered and a compiled list is not yet available. The aim of the present study is to prepare comprehensive checklist of algal flora for Uttar Pradesh state. Since a large number of studies are available with total taxa exceeding 2,000, the checklist is split in to several publications. Class Chlorophyceae (sensu Fritsch 1935) is presented here, with updated taxonomic status of all taxa.

Uttar Pradesh state has been explored extensively for green algae, and major works include Rao 1937, 1948; Singh 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945; Randhawa 1946; Mitra 1947; Gupta & Pandey 1950a,b, 1951a,b; Gupta 1956a,b; Venkataraman 1957, 1959; Sarma 1962, 1963; Lakshminarayana 1963; Prasad 1964, 1965, 1978; Prasad & Srivastava 1964; Pandey 1966, 1969; Ahmed 1967; Hortobagyi 1969; Prasad & Dutta 1970a,b; Shukla 1971; Khan & Rawat 1972; Prasad et al. 1973; Sarma & Shyam 1974; Bendre & Kumar 1975; Chaturvedi 1975; Kumar 1975; Prasad & Asthana 1975a,b; Rai & Kumar 1976; Chadha & Pandey 1977; Pal 1977; Chadha & Pandey 1978; Prasad & Jain 1978; Gupta & Pandey 1979; Pandey & Chaturvedi 1979; Prasad & Kumari 1979; Tiwari et al. 1979; Pandey et al. 1981; Prasad & Fatima 1981a,b,c. Gupta (2012) in his checklist included a total of 622 taxa under class Chlorophyceae from Uttar Pradesh while Suseela et al. (2015) could compile only 301 taxa including some taxa already mentioned by Gupta (2012). These numbers indicate the ambiguity regarding species richness of Chlorophyceae in the state. Moreover, there are several districts, remains unexplored to present accurate data on the algal diversity of Uttar Pradesh. Present study not only provides number of chlorophycean species but also help in identifying lacuna and potential areas for future exploration.

 

 

MATERIALS & METHODS

 

The present checklist is based on an extensive review of literature involving over 126 research papers, 10 books, monographs and chapters, 18 dissertations and Ph.D. theses deposited at various universities and research institutes. The entire list is appended as a bibliography. Taxa identified up to species, variety or forma level are included. Taxonomic identities of the taxa were checked on AlgaeBase (www.algaebase.org). Taxa are arranged alphabetically (Table 1) and their heirarchial position is provided separately (Table 2). AlgaeBase is followed for arranging taxa as per their hierarchy, which in turn mostly follows the classification system proposed by Ruggiero et al. (2015). A map of Uttar Pradesh indicating the districts explored for Chlorophyceae is provided in Figure 1.

 

RESULTS

 

The compilation of available literature resulted in 979 taxa, reduced to 921 after considering synonyms and deleting unverifiable names. It is notable that Class Chlorophyceae of Fritsch (1935) now falls under four phyla: Charophyta, Chlorophyta, Glaucophyta and Ochrophyta. 921 taxa are distributed under these four phyla, 11 classes, 26 orders, 64 families and 161 genera, 749 species, 166 varities, and six forma (Table 1). Five names are excluded from the list, as their status were could not be ascertained from Algaebase (pers. com. with Guiry MDR): Arnoldiella glomerata Fritsch; Cladophora furotosa (Griff) Harvey; Draparnaldia indica J.P.Sinha & Noor; Spirogyra hyalina var. gracilis (Hassall) Kützing; and S. reservoiraensis R.N.Singh. The study revealed that phylum Charophyta is most dominant in Uttar Pradesh with 519 infrageneric taxa (species, varieties, forma) under four classes, six orders, 10 families, and 37 genera. Whereas Chlorophyceae is the most diverse phylum with 389 infrageneric taxa under four classes, 17 orders, 51 families, and 120 genera (Table 2). Among the 11 classes Ulvophyceae of phylum Chlorophyta is diverse with six orders followed by Chlorophyceae and Trebouxiophyceae with five orders each. However, Zygnematophyceae of phylum Charophyta is the most dominant class with maximum infrageneric taxa totaling up to 465 under two orders, six families, and 29 genera. It is followed by Chlorophyceae with 305 infrageneric taxa under five orders, 33 families, and 76 genera. Order Chlamydomonadales of phylum Chlorophyta is the most diverse in the state with 17 families, 27 genera, and 61 species and varieties, followed by Sphaeropleales with nine families, 33 genera, and 112 species and varities. Desmidiaceae (phylum Charophyta) is the diverse family with 16 genera and 277 species and varieties, followed by Hydrodictyaceae with nine genera and 21 taxa, and Chaetophoraceae with seven genera and 29 species and varieties. Cosmarium is the most speciose genera with 163 taxa followed by Oedogonium (79), Spirogyra (72), Closterium (54) while several genera had less than five taxa.

It is observed that algal samples were collected from as many as 17 habitats including ditches, tanks to river. Among them maximum number of Chlorophycean algae belonged to ponds with 621 taxa, followed by lakes (394 taxa) and river (236 taxa). The study revealed that out of 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh, algal exploration has been carried out only in 40 districts (Figure 1). The district Prayagraj (= Allahabad) recorded the maximum number of taxa (266 nos.) followed by Lucknow (144 nos.), Gonda (141 nos.), and Saharanpur (139 nos.). The species, variety or forma epithet of following taxa are based on the prominent localities in the state - Bulbochaete allahabadensis, Cosmarium awadhense, Oedogonium areolatum var. gorakhporense, Pleurotaenium varanasiense, Scenedesmus arcuatus var. allahabadensis, Spirogyra chakiaensis var. lucknowensis, S. daedalea f. oudhensis, S. oudhensis, Volvox rousseletii var. lucknowensis, Zygnema gorakhporense, and Z. oudhense.

It is clear from the study that 35 districts of Uttar Pradesh are either unexplored or the literature unavailable. The major algal research centres in Uttar Pradesh are mostly located in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; University of Allahabad, Allahabad; University of Lucknow and CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow. Therefore, much attention was paid to easily accessible region in and around Allahabad, Lucknow, and Prayagraj while other districts are neglected. Among unexplored districts Lakhimpur, Siddarth Nagar, and Maharajganj are in the Tarai region of the state, which are wetter regions due to mansoon flooding. The district Sonbhadra located in the south-east of Uttar Pradesh is a biodiversity rich part of the state but so far no records of algae available from here. The south-western part of Uttar Pradesh can be considered as potential region under explored for algal flora. This region consists of districts such as Agra, Eath, Etawah, and Kannauj with wetlands declared as protected areas such as Patna Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarasai Nawar Wetland, Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary, National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary, and Sursarovar Sanctuary. Currently, one each species is reported from Agra and Kannauj districts. 

 

 

CONCLUSION

 

The enumeration of 921 taxa under phylum Chlorophyta covering only 40 districts of Uttar Pradesh in the present study is certainly remarkable indicating the presence of rich diversity of this phylum in the state. It can be noted that earlier studies by Gupta et al. (2012) and Suseela et al. (2015) have estimated low number of algae from the state. This rich diversity may be due to the presence of numerous small and large water bodies with diverse physico-chemical characteristics and seasonal variations. Floristic exploration in the unexplored areas of the state could be an important step towards unraveling the true representation of the algal wealth in the state.

 

 

Table 1. Checklist of Chlorophycean (sensu Fritsch, 1935) taxa recorded from Uttar Pradesh. The names in the brackets are originally annotated names which are now synonyms: Habitat: A—Canal | B—Dam | C—Ditch | D—Lake | E—Paddy Field | F—Pond | G—Pool | H—Puddle | I—Reservoir | J—River | K—River Bank | L—Sewage | M—Soil | N—Stone | O—Stream | P—Tank | Q—Water Fall. Localities: AGR—Agra | AYO—Ayodhya | BAH—Bahraich | BBK—Barabanki | BDN—Badaun | BLI—Ballia | BLR—Balrampur | BRY—Bareilly | BST—Basti | DEO—Deoria | FRK—Farrukhabad | GKP—Gorakhpur | GON—Gonda | GZB—Ghaziabad | HMP—Hamirpur | HRD—Hardoi | JHS—Jhansi | JLN—Jalaun | KNJ—Kannauj | KNP—Kanpur | KSM—Kaushambi | LKO—Lucknow | LTP—Lalitpur | MHB—Mahoba | MAU—Mau | MRD—Moradabad | MRT—Meerut | MRZ—Mirzapur | PLB—Pilibhit | PRG—Prayagraj | PRT—Pratapgarh | RBL—Raebareli | RMP—Rampur | SHP—Shahjahanpur | SHR—Saharanpur | SKN—Sant Kabir Nagar | STP—Sitapur | SVT—Shravasti | SUL—Sultanpur | VRN—Varanasi.

 

Currently accepted name

Habitat

Localities

1

Actinastrum fluviatile (J.L.B. Schröder) Fott (=Actinastrum hantzschii var. fluviatile J.B.L. Schroder)

F

HMR

2

A. hantzschii Lagerheim

F, D, J

BDN, BLR, MHB, MRD, RMP, SHP, FRK

3

Actinotaenium colpopelta (Brébisson ex W. Archer) Compère (=Cosmarium viride Joshua)

D, F

PRG

4

A. cucurbitinum (Bisset) Teiling (=Cosmarium cucurbitinum (Bisset) Lütkemüller)

D, F

PRG

5

A. globosum (Bulnheim) Kurt Förster ex Compère (=Cosmarium globosum Bulnheim)

D, F

PRG

6

A. inconspicuum (West & G.S. West) Teiling

G

BRY

7

A. turgidum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Teiling (=Cosmarium turgidum Brébisson ex Ralfs)

F, K, D, J

BBK, BRY, JLN

8

Acutodesmus acutiformis (Schröder) Tsarenko & D.M. John (=Scenedesmus acutiformis Schroder)

B, D, F, J

KNP, LKO, SHR

9

Aegagropila calcicola (F.E. Fritsch) C. Boedeker (=Cladophorella calcicola Fritsch)

A, D, F, H

BLR 

10

A. linnaei Kützing (=Cladophora aegagropila (Linnaeus) Trevisan; Cladophora profunda var. nordstedtiana Brand)

A, D, F, H

BLR, PRG

11

Aegagropilopsis clavuligera (Grunow) Boedeker (=Cladophora clavuligera Grunow)

A, D, F, H

BLR

12

Ankistrodesmus densus Korshikov (=Ankistrodesmus spiralis var. fasciculatus G.M. Smith)

D, J, F, K, I

MHB, SHR

13

A. falcatus (Corda) Ralfs

I, F, M

PRG, JLN, LKO, LTP, MHB, SHR

14

A. falcatus var. radiatus Lemmermann

M

PRG, BBK, JLN, KSM, KNP, LKO, SUL, VRN

15

A. sigmoideus (Rabenhorst) Brühl & Biswas

D

LTP

16

A. spiralis (W.B. Turner) Lemmermann

J, F, K, I

BAH, LKO, LTP, MHB, SHR

17

Aphanochaete magnum Godward

F

KNP, LKO

18

A. polychaete (Hansgirg) F.E. Fritch

F

DEO, GKP

19

A. repens A. Braun

F

PRG, HMR, LKO, VRN,

20

Arnoldiella chelonum (Collins) C. Boedeker (=Basicladia chelonum (Collins) W.E. Hoffmann & Tilden)

J

KNP

21

Arthrodesmus arcuatus var. minus Scott & Prescott

F, D

LKO

22

Asterococcus limneticus G.M. Smith

K

BAH

23

Balticola droebakensis (Wollenweber) Droop (=Haematococcus droebakensis Wollenweber)

F, J

VRN

24

Botryococcus braunii Kützing

I, F

PRG, BAH, LKO, SHR, STP

25

Bulbochaete affinis Hirn

D

PRT

26

B. allahabadensis G.L. Tiwari

A, C

PRG

27

B. indica P. Sarma (=Bulbochaete pseudoareolata Kargupta)

A, K, J

BAH, GON

28

B. intermedia De Bary ex Hirn

D

PRT

29

B. lagoensis Wittrock ex Hirn

D

PRT

30

B. nana Wittrock ex Hirn

F

PRG

31

B. polyandria Cleve ex Hirn

D

PRT

32

B. rectangularis Wittrock ex Hirn

D

PRT

33

B. repanda Wittrock ex Hirn

D

PRT

34

B. reticulata Nordstedt

D

PRT

35

B. triangularis C.-C. Jao

D

PRT

36

B. varians Wittrock ex Hirn

C, D

PRT, RBL

37

B. nordstedtii Wittrock ex Hirn

F, A, P

BAH, GON

38

Carteria intermedia A.K. Mitra

E, F

PRG

39

C. lunzensis Pascher & Jahoda

E, J

PRG

40

Cephaleuros virescens Kunze ex E.M. Fries

J

LKO

41

Chaetopeltis orbicularis Berthold

A, J

MHB

42

Chaetophora lobata Schrank (=Chaetophora incrassata Hazen)

B, F

DEO, GKP

43

Chaetophoropsis attenuata (Hazen) B. Wen Liu, Qian Xiong, X. Dong Liu, Z. Yu Hu & G. Xiang Liu (=Chaetophora attenuata Hazen)

F

PRG, BAH, DEO, GKP, LKO

44

C. elegans (Roth) B. Wen Liu, Qian Xiong, X. Dong Liu, Z. Yu Hu & G. Xiang Liu (=Chaetophora elegans (Roth) C. Agardh)

F, K

PRG, BBK, HRD, MAU, RBL, BRY, SUL, VRN

45

C. pisiformis (Roth) B. Wen Liu, Qian Xiong, X. Dong Liu, Z. Yu Hu & G. Xiang Liu (=Chaetophora pisiformis (Roth) C. Agardh)

K, D, P

KNP, LKO, MHB

46

C. pisiformis var. hamata (C.-C. Jao) B. Wen Liu, Qian Xiong, X. Dong Liu, Z. Yu Hu & G. Xiang Liu (=Chaetophora pisiformis var. hamata C.-C. Jao)

K, F, D, P

DEO, GKP

47

Chaetosphaeridium globosum (Nordstedt) Klebahn

F, J

MHB

48

C. ovalis G.M. Smith

F, J

MHB

49

C. pringsheimii Klebahn

F

DEO, GKP

50

Chara bharadwajae Y.S.R.K. Sarma & M. Khan

D, F, O, J

SUL

51

C. braunii C.C. Gmelin

D, F, O, J

BRY

52

C. contraria A. Braun ex Kützing

D, F, O, J

BRY

53

C. corallina Klein ex C.L. Willdenow

D, F, O

SUL

54

C. diaphana (F.J.F. Meyen) R.D. Wood (=Chara zeylanica var. diaphana (F. Meyen) R.D. Wood)

D, F, O, J

BRY

55

C. fibrosa C. Agardh ex Bruzelius

A, D, F, O, J

BRY, SUL

56

C. globularis Thuiller

D, F, O, J

BRY, SUL

57

C. hookeri A. Braun (=Chara fibrosa var. hookeri (A. Braun) R.D. Wood)

D, F, J

SUL

58

C. hydropithys Reichenbach (=Chara fibrosa var. hydropithys (Reiscenbach) R.D. Wood)

B, D, F, O, J

BRY, SUL

59

C. nuda B.S. Pal

D, O, J

BRY

60

C. setosa Klein ex C.L. Willdenow

D, F, O, J

BRY

61

C. vulgaris Linnaueus

D, F, O, J

BRY, SUL

62

C. zeylanica Willdenow

D, O, J

BRY, MRD, SUL

63

Characiellopsis anophelesi (M.O.P. Iyengar & M.O.T. Iyengar) M.O.P. Iyengar (=Characium anopheles M.O.P. Iyengar)

A, O

PRG

64

Characium acuminatum A. Braun

F, J, O

PRG

65

C. orissicum Philipose

A, O

PRG

66

C. pringsheimii A. Braun

J, P

KNP

67

Chlamydocapsa planctonica (West & G.S. West) Fott (=Gloeocystis gigas (Kützing) Lagerheim; Gloeocystis planctonica (West & G.S. West) Lemmermann)

D, F, P

KSM, LKO, MHB

68

Chlamydomonas angulosa E.O. Dill

E, F, H

PRG

69

C. debaryana var. atactogama (Korshikov) Gerloff (= Chlamydomonas atactogama Korshikov)

A, J, F, L

KNP

70

C. globosa J.W. Snow

J, F, D

LKO, VRN

71

C. gloeogama Korshikov

F

PRG

72

C. grandistigma A.K. Mitra

E, J, F

PRG

73

C. indica A.K. Mitra

E, F, A

PRG

74

C. intermedia Chodat

E, J

PRG

75

C. iyengarii A.K. Mitra

D

PRG

76

C. pertusa Chodat

C, F, J

KNP

77

C. reinhardtii P.A. Dangeard

F, L

KNP

78

C. sphagnicola (F.E.Fritsch) F.E. Fritsch & H. Takeda

D, F

KNP

79

C. sphagnophila Pascher

F, J

SUL

80

C. sphagnophila var. indica (A.K. Mitra) Ettl (=Chlamydomonas eugamatos var. indica Mitra)

E, F

PRG

81

Chlorella vulgaris Beyerinck [Beijerinck]

F, K, J

PRG, JHS, JLN

82

Chlorochytrium lemnae Cohn (=Chlorochytrium limnanthemum (D.D. Cunningham) G.S. West)

J

PRG

83

Chlorococcum infusionum (Schrank) Meneghini (=Chlorococcum humicola (Nägeli) Rabenhorst)

D, F, J, K

BAH, JLN, PRG, AYO, MHB

84

C. vitiosum Printz

K

FRK

85

Chlorogonium elongatum (P.A. Dangeard) France

F, H

MRZ

86

C. spirales Scherffel & Pascher

J

VRN

87

Choricystis parasitica (K. Brandt) Pröschold & Darienko (=Chlorella parasitica (F. Brandt) Beijerinck)

F

PRG

88

Cladophora cristata Kützing

A, D, F, H, J

PRG, BLR, SUL

89

C. crystallina (Roth) Kützing

A, D, F, H

BLR

90

C. flexuosa (O.F. Müller) Kützing

J

BLR

91

C. fracta (O.F. Müller ex Vahl) Kützing

J

PRG, JLN, VRN

92

C. glomerata (Linnaeus) Kützing

J, F, A

PRG, BDN, BRY, BAH, BLR, SHP, SUL, VRN

93

C. gracilis Kützing

A, D, F, H, J

BLR

94

C. intermedia Foslie

A, D, F, H

BLR

95

C. rivularis (Linnaeus) Kuntze (=Cladophora insignis (C. Agardh) Kützing; Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing)

A, C, D, F, H, P

PRG, LKO, VRN, BLR

96

Closteriopsis longissima (Lemmermann) Lemmermann (=Closterium didymotocum var. tropicum West & G.S. West)

F

PRG

97

Closterium acerosum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

K, J, F, D

PRG, BAH, LTP, LKO, PLB, MRT, VRN

98

C. acerosum var. elongatum West

D, E, F, J

PRG

99

C. acutum Brébisson

C, F

GZB, PLB, SHP

100

C. baillyanum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Brébisson

F

BRY

101

C. braunii Reinsch

F

PLB

102

C. calosporum var. maius (West & G.S. West) Willi Krieger

D, B, K, J

PRG, BAH, LTP, LKO

103

C. calosporum Wittrock

D, B, K, F, J

PRG, BAH, LTP, LKO

104

C. closterioides (Ralfs) A. Louis & Peeters (=Closterium libellula Focke ex Nordstedt)

E

PRG

105

C. cornu Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

F

BRY

106

C. cornu var. javanicum Gutwinski

F

BRY

107

C. croasdaleae A.K.M.N. Islam

D

BRY

108

C. delpontei (Klebs) Wolle

J, D

BRY

109

C. dianae Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

F, D

PRG, BAH, BRY, MHB

110

C. dianae var. arcuatum (Brebisson ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst (=Closterium arcuatum Brébisson ex Ralfs)

A

BBK

111

C. dianae var. minus F. Ducellier

F, D

MHB

112

C. dianae var. pseudodianae (J. Roy) Willi Krieger (=Closterium pseudodianae J. Roy)

D, F

MHB

113

C.  ehrenbergii Meneghini ex Ralfs

D, F

PRG, BAH, BBK, GZB, VRN

114

C. gracile Brébisson ex Ralfs

C, D, F

MHB

115

C. incurvum Brébisson

B, I, F

SHR

116

C. intermedium Ralfs

F, D

BRY

117

C. intermedium var. erectum Grönblad

F, D

BRY

118

C. jenneri var. cynthia (De Notaris) Petlovany (=Closterium cynthia De Notaris)

K, F

BBK, BRY, PLB

119

C. kuetzingii Brébisson

F, B, K

PRG, MFB, LTP, LKO

120

C. lagoense Nordstedt

F, A

BRY

121

C. lanceolatum Kützing ex Ralfs

B, K, J

LKO

122

C. lanceolatum var. parvum West & West

B, K, J

LKO

123

C. leibleinii Kützing ex Ralfs

K, D, F, F

PRG, GON, GKP

124

C. lineatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

F

BAH

125

C. littorale F. Gay

D, B, K, F, J

GON, JHS, LKO

126

C. longissima var. tropica West & G.S. West

F

PRG

127

C. lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs

J

LKO

128

C. lunula var. biconvexum Schimidle

J

BRY

129

C. lunula var. massartii (De Wild.) Willi Krieger

J

BRY

130

C. moniliferum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

K, A, D, F, J

PRG, GZB, GKP, MHB, BRY, BDN, RMP, SHP

131

C. navicula (Brébisson) Lütkemüller

H

SUL

132

C. nematodes var. tumidum G.S. West

F, J

SHP

133

C. parvulum Nägeli

D, J, P

GON, KNP, LKO, VRN,

134

C. parvulum var. angustum West & G.S. West

D, P

GON, KNP, LKO

135

C. peracerosum F. Gay

D, K, B

JHS, LKO, SKN

136

C. pleurodermatum West & G.S. West

J

BRY

137

C. porrectum Nordetedt

F, P

BBK, BRY, KNP

138

C. porrectum var. angustatum West & G.S. West

F, P

LKO

139

C. praelongum Brébisson

F, H

BRY

140

C. pritchardianum W. Archer

D, F, J, K

GZB, GKP, JHS, LKO

141

C. pusillum Hantzsch (=Closterium pusillum var. monolithum Wittrock)

J, M

BRY, VRN

142

C. ralfsii Brébisson ex Ralfs

F

BRY

143

C. ralfsii var. hybridum Rabenhorst

F

BRY

144

C. rectimarginatum A.M. Scott & Prescott

D, J

LKO

145

C. rectimarginatum var. maius N.D. Kamat

D, J

JHS, MHB

146

C. recurvum Prescott

D

GON

147

C. strigosum Brébisson

F, H, D

BRY

148

C. tumidum L.N. Johnson

K

PRG, GON, VRN

149

C. turgidum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

F, J

BAH, JHS

150

C. venus Kützing ex Ralfs

K, F

PRG, LKO

151

Coccomyxa subsphaerica Chodat & Jaag

F

PRG

152

C. subsphaerica var. terrestre A. Mitra

F

PRG

153

Coelastrum astroideum De Notaris

F

SHR

154

C. cambricum var. intermedium (Bohlin) G.S. West

B, D, J

JHS, LTP, MHB, SHR

155

C. cambricum W. Archer

D

AGR, BST, KSM, LTP, MHB, SHR

156

C. microporum Nägeli

F

PRG, GZB, JHS, KNP

157

C. proboscideum Bohlin

K, F, D, P

JHS, LKO

158

C. verrucosum (Reinsch) Reinsch (=Coelastrum morus West & G.S. West)

I, F

SHR

159

Coenocystis asymmetrica Komárek

I

SHR

160

Coleochaete conchata K. Möbius

F

DEO, GKP

161

C. irregularis Pringsheim

A

PRG, BBK

162

C. nitellarum Jost

J

MHB

163

C. orbicularis E.G. Pringsheim

J, A, F

PRG, LKO

164

C. pseudosoluta Gauthier-Lièvre

D, P

BBK, MHB

165

C. pulvinata A. Braun

D, F

DEO, GKP

166

C. pulvinata var. minor A. Braun

F

DEO, GKP

167

C. scutata Brébisson

F

BAH, GKP, KNP, MHB, SUL

168

C. soluta (Brébisson) Pringsheim

D

BRY, GON, MHB

169

C. soluta var. minor Hansgirg

D, F

DEO, GKP

170

Comasiella arcuata var. platydisca (G.M. Smith) E. Hegewald & M. Wolf (=Scenedesmus arcuatus var. platydiscus G.M. Smith)

J

KNP

171

Conochaete comosa Klebahn

F, J

PRT

172

Cosmarium abbreviatum Raciborski

B

LTP

173

C. amoenum Brebisson ex Ralfs

F

PRG

174

C. amoenum var. mediolaeve Nordstedt

D, F

PRG

175

C. anceps P. Lundell

F, J

BRY, PLB

176

C. angulatum (Perty) Rabenhorst

D

PRG

177

C. angulosum Brébisson

F, D, J, K

PRG

178

C. angulosum var. concinnum (Rabenhorst) West & G.S. A673West

F, D, K

BST, LTP, SKN

179

C. angulosum var. euastroides (Delponte) Krieger & Gerloff

 D

PRG

180

C. askenasyi Schmidle

D, J

GON, SHR

181

C. auriculatum Reinsch

D, P

PRG, BAH, GON, LKO

182

C. auriculatum var. bogoriense C. Bernard (=Cosmarium subauriculatum (C. Bernard) Bourrelly; Cosmarium subauriculatum var. bogoriense (C. Bernard) Bourrelly)

D

PRG

183

C. awadhense B.N. Prasad & R.K. Mehrotra

F, J

GZB, GON, JHS, LKO, SKN

184

C. baileyi Wolle (=Cosmarium depressum Bailey)

B, D, F, J

PRG, BBK, GKP, LKO

185

C. bengalense W.B. Turner

D, F, J

PRG

186

C. bioculatum Brébisson ex Ralfs

D, F

PRG

187

C. bioculatum var. hians West and G.S. West

F

PRG

188

C. biretum Brébisson ex Ralfs

F, D

PRG

189

C. bituberculatum F.E. Fritsch & Rich

D, J

PRG, SHP

190

C. blytii Wille

J

PRG, BST, MAU, DEO

191

C. botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs

J

BBK

192

C. botrytis var. mediolaeve West

I, J

SHR

193

C. botrytis var. paxillosporum West & G.S. West

D

PRG

194

C. braunii Reinsch

F, J

BRY

195

C. broomei Thwaites ex Ralfs

J, I

PRG, HMR

196

C. circulare Reinsch (=Cosmarium lundellii var. circulare (Reinsch) Willi Krieger)

A, D, F

GKP, PRG, MRT, PLB

197

C. connatum Brébisson ex Ralfs

D, J

PRG, LKO, SHP

198

C. connatum var. depressum Irenee-Marie

D

PRG

199

C. conspersum Ralfs

F

PRG

200

C. conspersum var. latum (Brebisson) West & G.S. West

D, F

PRG

201

C. conspersum var. scottii Crosdale & A.M. Scott

F

PRG

202

C. constrictum Delponte

D

PRG

203

C. contractum O. Kirchner

F, J

KNP

204

C. contractum var. minutum (Delponte) Coesel

J

SHP

205

C. contractum var. pachydermum A.M. Scott & Prescott

F, J

JHS

206

C. crenatum Ralfs ex Ralfs (=Cosmarium ordinatum E. Larsen; Euastrum sinuosum Kützing)

C, F

BST, PRG, SHR

207

C. cucumis Corda ex Ralfs

F, D

GKP

208

C. cucurbitinum var. truncatum Willi Krieger

D, F

BST, JHS

209

C. cuneatum Joshua

D, F

BRY

210

C. cyclicum P. Lundell

C, D

SHR

211

C. cyclicum var. nordstedtianum (Reinsch) West

D, J

BRY

212

C. decoratum West & G.S. West

I, D, F

BST, GON, SHR, SKN

213

C. depressum var. apertum (W.B. Turner) M. Hirano

J, H, B

JHS

214

C. difficile Lütkemüller

F

SHR

215

C. divergens Krieger

D, F, J

PRG

216

C. dubium O. Borge

F

MHB

217

C. formosulum Hoff

F, D

PRG, GON

218

C. formosulum var. nathorstii (Boldt) West & G.S. West

F, D

GKP

219

C. furcatospermum West & G.S. West

J, K

BBK

220

C. garrolense J. Roy & Bisset

F

SHR

221

C. gonioides West & G.S. West

B, F

GZB, MRD

222

C. granatum Brébisson ex Ralfs

K, D, J

PRG, BRY, HMR, LKO

223

C. granatum var. nordstedtii Hansgirg

H

MRD

224

C. granatum var. ocellatum West & G.S. West

K, D, J

PRG

225

C. granatum var. rotundatum Willi Krieger

B, F

SHR

226

C. hammeri Reinsch

F

PRG, GKP, BRY, MAU, DEO

227

C. hammeri var. homalodermum (Nordstedt) West & G.S. West

A, F

BAH

228

C. hammeri var. Schmidlei Grönblad & A.M. Scott

F

PRG, GKP

229

C. humile (Nordstedt) De Toni

B, F

BBK

230

C. impressulum Elfving

B, K, D, F

PRG, BAH, SHR

231

C. isthmochondrum Nordstedt

B, F

BRY

232

C. javanicum Nordstedt (=Cosmarium maculatum W.B. Turner)

K, D, J

GKP, HMR, STP

233

C. laeve Rabenhorst

D, J

PRG, SHR

234

C. logiense Bisset

D, B

PRG

235

C. lundellii Delponte

D, F

PRG, GZB, LTP, PRT

236

C. lundellii var. corruptum (W.B. Turner) West & G.S. West (=Cosmarium corruptum W.B. Turner)

F, J

LKO, MHB, PRG

237

C. lundellii var. ellipticum West & G.S. West

D

PRG, LKO

238

C. lundellii var. subellipticum Messikommer

D, F

PRG, BST, BBK, GKP, LKO

239

C. margaritatum (P. Lundell) J. Roy & Bisset

K, D, F

PRG, LKO

240

C. medioscrobiculatum var. egranulatum Gutwinsk

D

PRG

241

C. meneghinii Brébisson ex Ralfs

C, D

PRG, SHP

242

C. miniata B.N. Prasad & R.K. Mehrotra

D

MHB

243

C. miscellum Skuja

K, F

BAH

244

C. moniliforme Ralfs

D, F

PRG, GZB, LKO, MHB, SKN

245

C. moniliforme var. indentatum A.M.  Scott & Grönblad

D

PRG

246

C. nitidulum De Notaris

A, D, F

BAH, GKP, JHS

247

C. nitidulum var. minutum Prescott

D

PRG

248

C. norimbergense Reinsch

K, D, F

PRG, BAH

249

C. notabile Brébisson

F

BRY

250

C. notabile var. medium (Gutwinski) Willi Krieger & Gerloff

F

BRY

251

C. nymannianum Grunow

F

PLB

252

C. obsoletum (Hantzsch) Reinsch

A, K, D, F

PRG, BAH

253

C. obsoletum var. sitvense Gutwinski

A, K, F, J

PRG, BAH

254

C. obtusatum (Schmidle) Schmidle

D, F

PRG

255

C. obtusatum var. undulatum Fritsch & M.F. Rich

D

PRG

256

C. ordinatum var. borgei Scott & Grönblad

B, F

LTP

257

C. pachydermum P. Lundell

D, J

PRG

258

C. pachydermum var. aethiopicum (West & G.S. West) West & G.S. West

D, J

BST, BAH, HMR, LKO

259

C. pachydermum var. minus Noestedt

D

PRG

260

C. perfissum G.S. West

D

BBK

261

C. phaseolus Brébisson ex Ralfs

D

PRG

262

C. phaseolus var. omphalum (Schaarschmidt) Raciborski

D

SHR

263

C. phaseolus var. subbireme Raciborski

F

BRY

264

C. polygonum (Nägeli) W. Archer

D, F

BST, LKO, MHB

265

C. porteanum var. majus Scott & Prescott

D, F

BST

266

C. porteanum var. nephroideum Wittrock

D, F

BST, JHS, SKN

267

C. porteanum W. Archer

D, F

PRG, BST, MHB

268

C. pseudobiremum Boldt

D, J

PRG

269

C. pseudobroomei var. compressum G.S. West

D, J

PRG

270

C. pseudobroomei var. madagascariense West and G.S. West

D, J

PRG

271

C. pseudobroomei Wolle

F, J

BAH, BST, LKO

272

C. pseudoconnatum Nordstedt

D, F, J

PRG, SHR

273

C. pseudogranatum Nordstedt

F

LKO, SHR

274

C. pseudopachydermum Nordstedt

F

STP

275

C. pseudopachydermum var. incrassatum Fritsch & M.F. Rich

F

STP

276

C. pseudoprotuberans O. Kirchner

D, F

PRG

277

C. pseudoprotuberans var. angustius Nordstedt

D, F

PRG

278

C. pseudopyramidatum P. Lundell

C, D

BST

279

C. pseudopyramidatum var. lentiferum W.R. Taylor

D

SHR

280

C. punctulatum Brébisson

K, D

BAH, BST, MHB, MRZ, SKN

281

C. pyramidatum Brébisson ex Ralfs

C, K, F, D

BAH, BST, JHS

282

C. quadratum Ralfs ex Ralfs

D, F

SHR

283

C. quadrifarium P. Lundell

D, H

BRY

284

C. quadrum P. Lundell

D, F

BST, GKP, PLB, SKN

285

C. quadrum var. sublatum (Nordstedt) West & G.S. West (=Cosmarium margaritatum var. sublatum (Nordestedt) Krieger)

K, D, F

SHR

286

C. quinarium P. Lundell

D, F, J

PRG, BST

287

C. radiosum Wolle

A, D, F

MRT, PLB

288

C. ralfsii Brébisson ex Ralfs

A

BRY

289

C. regnellii Wille

F

BRY

290

C. reniforme (Ralfs) W. Archer

D, F, J

PRG, BAH, BST, SKN

291

C. reniforme var. compressum Nordstedt

D

PRG

292

C. reniforme var. elevatum West & G.S. West

A, K, D

BAH, GZB

293

C. repandum Nordstedt

F, J

SHR

294

C. retusiforme (Wille) Gutwinski

K, F

BAH

295

C. scabrum W.B. Turner

D, F

PRG, PLB

296

C. seelyanum Wolle

K, I, F

SHR

297

C. sexangulare P. Lundell

K, F

PRG, BAH

298

C. sexnotatum Gutwinski

K, J, F

JHS, PLB

299

C. speciosum P. Lundell

F, J

BST, GON, PLB

300

C. striolatum (Nägeli) W. Archer

D

PRG

301

C. subalatum West & G.S. West

B, D, F

JHS, JLN, LKO

302

C. subauriculatum var. truncatum West & G.S. West

D

PRG

303

C. subcostatum Nordstedt

B, D

PRG, LKO

304

C. subcrenatum Hanzsch

D, F

PRG, BST, LKO, MHB

305

C. subimpressulum Borge

D, F

PRG

306

C. subprotumidum Nordstedt

D, F

PRG, PLB

307

C. subspeciosum Nordstedt

D, F

PRG

308

C. subtransiens Croasdale

F, H

BRY

309

C. subtumidum Nordstedt

D

PRG

310

C. subtumidum var. klebsii (Gutwinski) West & G.S. West

D

PRG

311

C. tenue W. Archer

F, J

JLN, MHB

312

C. tinctum Ralfs

D, F

BRY

313

C. tinctum var. intermedium Nordstedt

D, F

BRY

314

C. tinctum var. subretusum Nordstedt

F

BRY

315

C. trachypleurum P. Lundell

D, F

PRG

316

C. trilobulatum Reinsch

D, F, J

PRG, SHR

317

C. tumidum P. Lundell

D

GKP

318

C. turpinii Brébisson

D, F

MHB, SKN, STP

319

C. undulatum Corda ex Ralfs

F

PRG

320

C. undulatum var. minutum Wittrock

D, F

PRG

321

C. venustum (Brébisson) W. Archer

D

PRG

322

C. vermae B.N. Prasad & R.K. Mehrotra

F

BST

323

C. vexatum (Schidmidle) Migula

D

PRG

324

C. viride var. compressum Taft

F

PRG

325

C. vitiosum Scott & Grönblad

D

BBK

326

C. vitiosum var. orientale A.M. Scott and Grönblad

D

LKO

327

C. westii C.Bernard (=Cosmarium turgidum var. westii (C. Bernard) Krieger & Gerloff)

B

PRG, BAH

328

C. blyttii var. novae-sylvae West & G.S. West

B, D, J

PRG, LTP

329

C. impressulum var. crenulatum (Nägeli) Willi Krieger & Gerloff

B, K, F

BAH

330

C. medioscrobiculatum West & G.S. West

D

PRG

331

C. ochthodes Nordstedt

J

BST, SHR

332

C. quadrum var. andamanicum B.N. Prasad & P.K. Misra

D

BBK, BST, HMR

333

C. subspeciosum var. validius Nordstedt

D, F

PRG

334

C. subturgidum f. minus Schmidle (=Cosmarium turgidum var. minus (Reinsch) Schmidle)

F

VRN

335

Cosmocladium constrictum (W. Archer) W. Archer ex Joshua

D

LKO

336

Crucigenia fenestrata (Schmidle) Schmidle

F

GZB, MRT, SHR

337

C. mitrii G.L. Tiwari & D.C. Pandey

F, L

PRG

338

C. quadrata Morren

D, J

PRG, LKO

339

C. tetrapedia (Kirchner) Kuntze

D, F, J

LKO, LTP, SHR

340

Ctenocladus circinnatus Borzì (=Gongrosira circinnata (Borzi) Schmidle)

F

LKO

341

Cylindrocapsa geminella var. minor Hansgirg

F

SHR

342

C. geminella Wolle

D, F, P

PRG, MHB

343

C. involuta Rein

F

PRG

344

C. oedogonioides M.S. Randhawa

D, F

BLR

345

Cylindrocystis brebissonii (Ralfs) De Bary

D, F

STP

346

Desmidium baileyi (Ralfs) Nordstedt

 I, F, J

PRG, BAH, SHR

347

D. suboccidentale A.M. Scott & Prescott

D, F, P

PRG, MHB

348

D. swartzii C. Agardh ex Ralfs

D, F

MHB

349

Desmococcus olivaceus (Persoon ex Acharius) J.R. Laundon (=Pleurococcus naegelii Chodat)

F

PRG

350

Desmodesmus abundans (Kirchner) E.H. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus abundans (O. Kirchner) Chodat; Scenedesmus quadricauda var. parvus G.M. Smith; Scenedesmus quadricauda var. quadrispina G.M. Smith)

B, F, J, P

KNP, PRG, SHR, STP

351

D. abundans var. brevicauda (G.M. Smith) Taskin & Alp (=Scenedesmus abundans var. brevicauda G.M. Smith)

J

KNP

352

D. aculeolatus (Reinsch) P.M. Tsarenko (=Scenedesmus aculeolatus Reinsch)

F

LTP

353

D. armatus (Chodat) E.H. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus armatus (Chodat) Chodat)

D, F, J

PRG, KNP, LKO

354

D. armatus var. asymetricus (Philipose) Taşkin & Alp (=Scenedesmus armatus var. asymmetricus Philipose)

D, F

MHB

355

D. armatus var. longispina (Chodat) E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus armatus var. asymmetricus Philipose)

F, J

PRG, JHS, KNP, MHB

356

D. asymmetricus (Schröder) E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus abundans var. asymmetricus (Schroeder) G.M. Smith)

B, J

JHS, SHR

357

D. bicellularis (Chodat) S.S. An, T. Friedl & E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus bijugatus var. bicellularis (Chodat) Philipose)

B, I, D, ,F J

PRG, JHS, MHB

358

D. brasiliensis (Bohlin) E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus brasiliensis Bohlin)

I, J

GZB, KNP, MRT, SHR

359

D. denticulatus (Lagerheim) S.S. An, T. Friedl & E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus denticulatus Lagerheim)

D

PRG, BRY, BST

360

D. denticulatus var. linearis (Hansgirg) Hegewald (= Scenedesmus denticulatus var. linearis Hansgirg)

D, F, J

PRG, BRY, BST

361

D. dispa (Brébisson) E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus dispar Brébisson)

K, D, F, J

BST, LKO

362

D. granulatus (West & G.S. West) Tsarenko (=Scenedesmus granulatus West & G.S. West)

K, J

LKO

363

D. hystrix (Lagerheim) E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus hystrix Lagerheim)

D, F

MHB

364

D. lefevrei (Deflandre) S.S. An, T. Friedl & E.H. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus lefevrei Deflandre)

I

GZB, MRT, SHR

365

D. maximus (West & G.S. West) Hegewald (=Scenedesmus quadricauda var. maximus West & G.S. West)

A, B, D, J, P

SHR

366

D. opoliensis (P.G. Richter) E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus opoliensis P.G. Richter)

I

LKO, SHR

367

D. opoliensis var. carinatus (Lemmermann) E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus carinatus (Lemmermann) Chodat)

D

PRG, GZB, MRT, SHR

368

D. opoliensis var. mononensis (Chodat) E. Hegewald (=Scenedesmus opoliensis var. mononensis Chodat)

I

PRG, GZB, MRT, SHR

369

Dichotomosiphon tuberosus (A. Braun ex Kützing) A. Ernst

M

SUL

370

Dictyosphaerium ehrenbergianum Nägeli

F

VRN

371

D. indicum M.O.P. Iyengar & Ramanathan

F, P

GON

372

D. pulchellum var. minutum Deflandre

F

BBK, MHB

373

Dimorphococcus lunatus A. Braun

I, D

MHB, SHR

374

Diplosphaera chodatii Bialosuknia (=Stichococcus chodatii (Bialosuknia) Heering)

F

PRG, LKO

375

Docidium baculum Brébisson ex Ralfs

F

BAH

376

Draparnaldia acuta (C. Agardh) Kützing

D, P

PRG, LKO

377

D. champlainensis P.W. Cook

E

PRG

378

D. desikacharyi R.N. Yadava

E, F

PRG

379

D. indica (Y. Bharadwaja) Manasi Mandal & D. Maity (=Draparnaldia indica Bharadwaja)

F

PRG, KNP

380

D. iyengarii G.L. Tiwari, D.C. Pandey & R.S. Pandey

E

PRG

381

D. mutabilis (Roth) Bory (=Draparnaldia plumosa (Vaucher) C. Agardh)

E

PRG

382

Elongatocystis ecballocystiformis (Iyengar) L. Krienitz & C. Bock (=Oocystis ecballocystiformis M.O.P. Iyengar)

K, I, F, J

JHS

383

Enteromorpha flexuosa subsp. pilifera (Kützing) Bliding (=Enteromorpha intermedia C.B. Bliding)

D, J

LKO

384

Epibolium polysporum Duringer

D, F

DEO, GKP

385

Eremosphaera gigas (W. Archer) Fott & Kalina (=Oocystis gigas W. Archer)

D, F, J, P

JHS, MHB, SHR

386

Euastrum amoenum F. Gay (=Euastrum denticulatum F. Gay)

D, F

PRG

387

E. bidentatum f. bidentatum Nägeli (=Euastrum rostratum Ralfs ex Ralfs)

F

BRY

388

E. bidentatum Nägeli

F, J

SHR

389

E. binale Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

F

PRG

390

E. binale var. juvae Croasdale

D, F

PRG

391

E. binale var. unicorne W.B. Turner

F

PRG

392

E. ceylanicum (West & G.S. West) Willi Krieger (=Euastrum sinuosum var. ceylanicum West & G.S. West)

A, B, D, F, J, K

BAH, PRG, BST

393

E. denticulatum var. rectangulare West & G.S. West

D, F

PRG, MHB, SHR

394

E. divergens Joshua

A, F, J

GKP, SHR

395

E. elegans Ralfs

D

GKP, LKO

396

E. elegans var. planum W.B. Turner

D, F

LKO, SHR

397

E. evolutum (Nordstedt) West & G.S. West

F, H

MRD

398

E. evolutum var. glaziovii (G.S. West) W. Krieger

F

MRD

399

E. insulare (Wittrock) J. Roy (=Euastrum binale var. insulare Wittrock)

D, F

MHB, PRG, SHR

400

E. johnsonii West & G.S. West

D

MHB

401

E. platycerum Reinsch

D, F

MHB, SHR

402

E. quadriceps Nordstedt

D, F

BRY

403

E. quadriceps var. minus Fritsch & M.F. Rich

D, F

BRY

404

E. radiatum W.B. Turner

F

BRY, MRD

405

E. rostratum var. bioculatum A.M. Scott & Prescott

F

BRY

406

E. sinuosum Lenormand ex W. Archer (=Euastrum sinuosum var. reductum West & G.S. West)

D, F, J

SKN

407

E. solum (Nordstedt) Grönblad & A.M. Scott

D, F

BRY

408

E. sphyroides Nordstedt

K, F, J

BBK, BST, MHB

409

E. sphyroides var. intermedium Lütkemüller

D, F

BRY, MHB

410

E. spinulosum Delponte

D, F, J

PRG, BAH, BBK, BST, HMR, MHB, PLB, SHR

411

E. spinulosum var. bellum A.M. Scott & Prescott

D, F, J

LTP

412

E. spinulosum var. burmense (West & G.S. West) Willi Krieger (=Euastrum inermius var. burmense West & G.S. West)

D, F

MHB, PRG

413

E. spinulosum var. inermius (Nordstedt) C. Bernard

B, D, F

GKP

414

E. spinulosum var. vaasii A.M. Scott & Prescott

C, I, D, F

GON, PRT

415

E. subalpinum Messikommer

F

BRY

416

E. subhexalobum var. scrobiculatum Grönblad

F

BRY

417

E. subhexalobum West & G.S. West

F

BRY

418

E. sublobatum Brebisson ex Ralfs

D

LKO, MHB

419

E. sublobatum var. sumatranum A.M. Scott & Prescott

D

LKO, MHB

420

E. subspinosum W.B. Turner

D, F, P

MHB

421

Euastrum substellatum Nordstedt

D

MHB

422

E. urniforme (West & G.S. West) Y. Okada (=Xanthidium urniforme (West & G.S. West) A.M. Scott & Croasdale)

F

SHP

423

E. verrucosum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

F

PRG

424

E. verrucosum var. alpinum (Huber-Pestalozzi) Willi Krieger (=Euastrum verrucosum var. vallesiacum L. Viret)

D, F

PRG

425

Eudorina elegans Ehrenberg

D, F, J

LKO, SHR, VRN

426

Fritschiella tuberosa M.O.P. Iyengar

F

PRG

427

Geminella interrupta Turpin

F

PRG

428

Glaucocystis cingulata Bohlin

J

SHR

429

G. nostochinearum Itzigsohn

D

LKO, MHB

430

G. reniformis B.N. Prasad & P.K. Misra

D

MHB

431

Gloeocystis major Gerneck ex Lemmermann

K

MHB

432

G. vesiculosa Nägeli

D

GON

433

Gloeotaenium loitlesbergereanum Hansgirg

D

BAH, BBK, GON, MHB, SHR

434

Gloeotilopsis planctonica M.O.P. Iyengar & Philipose

F

SUL

435

Gonatozygon aculeatum W.N. Hastings 

D, F

PRG

436

Goniochloris mutica (A. Braun) Fott (=Tetraedron muticum (A. Braun) Hansgirg)

K, D, F

KNP

437

Gonium compactum M.O.P. Iyengar

D, F

LKO

438

G. pectorale O.F. Müller

D, F

VRN

439

Haematococcus droebakensis var. fastigiatus Wollenweber

F, J

VRN

440

Hariotina reticulata P.A. Dangeard (=Coelastrum reticulatum (P.A. Dangeard) Senn)

D

MHB

441

Hyalotheca burmensis West & G.W. West

I

SHR

442

H. dissiliens Brébisson ex Ralfs

K, D

MHB

443

Hydrodictyon reticulatum (Linnaeus) Bory

A, D, J, P

PRG, JLN, KNP, LKO, LTP, MRT, SHR

444

Iwanoffia terrestris (Iwanoff) Pascher

F

LKO

445

Kirchneriella dianae (Bohlin) Comas (=Kirchneriella lunaris var. dianae Bohlin)

I, D, F

SHR

446

K. lunaris (Kirchner) Möbius

I, D, F

LKO, SHR, VRN

447

K. obesa (West) West & G.S. West (=Selenastrum bibraianum obesum West)

F, K, D, J

BAH, MHB, VRN

448

Klebsormidium rivulare (Kützing) M.O. Morison & Sheath (=Hormidium rivulare Kützing)

C, F, J

KNP

449

K. subtile (Kützing) Mikhailyuk, Glaser, Holzinger & Karsten

M

PRG

450

Lacunastrum gracillimum (West & G.S. West) H. McManus (=Pediastrum duplex var. gracillimum West & G.S. West)

F

PRG

451

Lemmermannia triangularis (Chodat) C. Bock & Krienitz (=Crucigenia triangularis (Chodat) Schmidle)

A, K, D, F

PRG

452

Leptosiropsis torulosa C.-C. Jao

F

DEO, GKP

453

Lychaete pellucida (Hudson) M.J. Wynne (=Cladophora pellucida (Hudson) Kützing)

A, D, F, H

BLR

454

Messastrum gracile (Reinsch) T.S. Garcia (=Selenastrum bibraianum gracile Reinsch; Selenastrum bibraianum var. gracile (Reinsch) Tiffany & Ahlstrom)

D, F, I, P

PRG, BBK, GON, JHS, KNP, SHR, LKO, MHB

455

M. gracile var. westii (G.M. Smith) L. Täuscher (=Selenastrum bibraianum westii G.M. Smith)

F

JHS

456

Micractinium pusillum Fresenius

F

PRG

457

Micrasterias elegans (W. West & G.S. West) Coesel & Van Geest

I, F

BST, KNP

458

M. foliacea Bailey ex Ralfs

D, E

BST, LKO, MHB

459

M. mahabaleshwarensis J. Hobson

A, D, F, J, I

BAH, LKO, MHB, SHR

460

M. mahabuleshwarensis var. chauliodon A.M. Scott & Prescott

D, F, J

BAH, LKO, MHB, SHR

461

M. pinnatifida Ralfs

D, F, J

PRG, BAH, LKO, SHR

462

M. radians var. bogoriensis (C. Bernard) Willi Krieger

A, F

BST, MHB

463

M. radians W.B. Turner

A, D, F

BST, LKO, MHB, SHR

464

M. tropica Nordstedt

F

MAU, DEO

465

M. zeylanica F.E. Fritsch

K, F

BAH

466

Microglena braunii (Goroschankin) Demchenko, Mikhailyuk & Proschold (=Chlamydomonas braunii Goroschankin [Gorozhankin])

A, F

BLI, STP

467

M. monadina Ehrenberg (=Chlamydomonas monadina (Ehrenberg) F. Stein)

F, K, J

SUL

468

Microspora amoena (Kützing) Rabenhorst

K, F

BAH, GON, KNP, SVT

469

M. floccosa (Vaucher) Thuret

C, F

KNP

470

M. tumidula Hazen

F

PRG

471

M. willeana Lagerheim

F

PRG

472

M. wittrockii (Wille) Lagerheim

K, F

BAH, KNP

473

Microthamnion curvatum West & G.S. West

F

LKO

474

M. kuetzingianum Nägeli ex Kützing

F

PRG

475

M. strictissimum Rabenhorst

F

PRG

476

Monactinus simplex (Meyen) Corda (=Pediastrum simplex Meyen)

D, F, J

GZB, JHS, JLN

477

Monoraphidium minutum (Nägeli) Komárková-Legnerová (=Selenastrum bibraianum minutum (Nägeli) Collins)

D, F

MHB

478

Mougeotia genuflexa (Roth) C. Agardh

A, K, P

STP

479

M. gotlandica (Cleve) Wittrrock

C, P

AYO

480

M. indica Randhawa

D

AYO

481

M. quadrata Randhawa

F

AYO

482

M. recurva (Hassall) De Toni

D, F

AYO, KSM, GKP, STP

483

M. scalaris Hassall

F

AYO

484

M. sinensis L.C. Li

D, F, P

LKO, SUL

485

M. sphaerocarpa Wolle

K, F

BBK, BRY, AYO, MRZ, SHP

486

M. transeaui Collins

C

BLR, KNP

487

M. varians (Wittrock) Czurda

D, P

KNP, LKO

488

M. floridana Transeau

F

AYO

489

Mucidosphaerium pulchellum (H.C. Wood) C. Bock, Proschold & Krienitz (=Dictyosphaerium pulchellum H.C. Wood)

D, F

MHB

490

Neglectella solitaria (Wittrock) Stenclová & Kastovsky (=Oocystis crassa Wittrock; Oocystis solitaria Wittrock)

C, K, F, J

JHS, PRG, BRY, RBL

491

Nephrocytium agardhianum Nägeli

I, P

SHR

492

N. lunatum West

D

SHR

493

Netrium digitus (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Itzigsohn & Rothe

D, J

LKO

494

Nitella acuminata A. Braun

 D, F, P

BRY, KNP

495

N. agharkarii Kundu

 D, F, P

VRN

496

N. axillaris A. Braun

 D, F

MRD

497

N. confervacea (Brébisson) A. Braun ex Leonhardi (=Nitella gracilis var. confervacea Brébisson)

 D, F, P

SUL, VRN

498

N. dualis Nordstedt

 D

BRY

499

N. flagellifera var. patula (J. Groves & G.O. Allen) Raam (=Nitella patula J. Groves & G.O. Allen)

 D, F, O

MRD

500

N. flagelliformis A. Braun

 D, F, P

VRN

501

N. furcata (C. Roxburgh ex Bruzelius) C. Agardh

D, F

BRY

502

N. furcata f. polycarpa (B.P. Pal) R.D. Wood (=Nitella polycarpa B.P. Pal)

D, F

MRD

503

N. gracilis (J.E. Smith) C. Agardh

D, F, O

SUL, VRN

504

N. hyalina (De Candolle) C. Agardh

D, F, P

PRG, BRY

505

N. leptodactyla J. Groves (=Nitella pseudoflabellata var. leptodactyla (J. Groves) R.D. Wood)

D, F, J

MRD

506

N. microcarpa A. Braun

D, F, P

SUL

507

N. microcarpa var. sieberi (A. Braun) Raam (=Nitella furcata var. sieberi (A. Braun) R.D. Wood)

F

BRY

508

N. mirabilis Nordstedt ex Groves

D, F, P

BRY

509

N. mucronata (A. Braun) F. Miquel

D, F

MRD

510

N. oligospira A. Braun

D, F, P

MRD

511

N. opaca (C. Agardh ex Bruzelius) C. Agardh

D, F, P

VRN

512

N. pseudoflabellata A. Braun

D, F, P

MRD

513

N. pulchella T.F. Allen (=Nitella dualis var. pulchella (T.F. Allen) R.D. Wood)

D

BRY

514

N. superba B.P. Pal

D, F

SUL

515

N. tenuissima (Desvaux) Kützing

D, F

BRY

516

N. translucens (Persoon) C. Agardh

D, F, P

BRY

517

Oedocladium prescottii Islam

P

BRY

518

Oedogonium acmandrium Elifving ex Hirn

K, J

PRG, BBK, VRN

519

O. acrosporum De Bary ex Hirn

J

BLI

520

O. acrosporum var. floridense Wolle ex Hirn

J

BLI

521

O. alterans Wittrock & P. Lundell

I

BAH

522

O. areolatum (Singh) Mrozinska

J

GKP

523

O. areolatum var. gorakhporense (R.H. Singh) Gonzalves (=Oedogonium gorakhporense R.H. Singh)

B, D, K

GKP

524

O. armigerum Hirn

F

GKP

525

O. bharuchae N.D. Kamat

C, F

VRN

526

O. borisianum var. crassa R.H. Singh

A, K, I, F

BAH, GKP

527

O. borisianum Wittrock ex Hirn

K, J, I

BAH, GKP

528

O. boscii Wittrock ex Hirn

D

PRT

529

O. calosporum C.-C. Jao (=Oedogonium asiaticum Gonzalves; Oedogonium asiaticum var. majus Gonzalves)

C, F

GZB

530

O. calvum Wittrock

F

PRG

531

O. capilliforme Kützing ex Hirn

F

GKP, LKO

532

O. cardiacum Wittrock ex Hirn

D

LKO

533

O. crassiusculum var. indica Venkataraman

D

AYO

534

O. crassiusculum Wittrock ex Hirn

A

AYO

535

O. crassum f. amplum Hirn (=Oedogonium amplum Magnus & N. Wille)

K

GON

536

O. crispum var. gracilescens Wittrock ex Hirn

F

VRN

537

O. crispum Wittrock ex Hirn

F

VRN

538

O. cryptoporum Wittrock ex Hirn (=Oedogonium vulgare (Wittrock) L.H. Tiffany)

F

PRG

539

O. curvum Pringsheim ex Hirn

F

AYO

540

O. cymatosporum Wittrock & Norstedt

F

PRG

541

O. ellipsosporum R.N. Singh

F

GKP

542

O. epiphyticum Transeau & Tiffany

D

LKO

543

O. franklinianum Wittrock ex Hirn

F

GKP

544

O. globosum Nordstedt ex Hirn

F, J, M

MRT

545

O. globosum var. nanyohense C.-C. Jao

F, J, M

MRT

546

O. gracillimum Wittrock & P. Lundell ex Hirn

D, F, J

RBL

547

O. grande Kützing ex Hirn

D

PRT

548

O. hians Nordstedt & Hirn

F

VRN

549

O. hindustanense Kamat

F

PRG

550

O. hirnii Gutwinski ex Hirn

J

VRN

551

O. howardii var. formosum (Kamat) Mrozinska (=Oedogonium howardii G.S. West)

F

GKP

552

O. idioandrosporum Nordstedt & Wittrock ex Hirn

K

SUL

553

O. idioandrosporum var. minus Tiffany

K

BBK

554

O. inerme Hirn

K, F, J

BAH

555

O. intermedium Wittrock ex Hirn

F

BST, GKP, MRZ, VRN

556

O. irregulare var. condensatum (Hallas) Hirn

F

AYO

557

O. irregulare var. tenuis Venkataraman

F

VRN

558

O. irregulare Wittrock ex Hirn

F

AYO

559

O. kirtikari N.D. Kamat

F

VRN

560

O. kushmiense R.N. Singh

F

GKP

561

O. landsboroughii var. norvegicum Wittrock ex Hirn

D, F

DEO, MAU

562

O. landsboroughii Wittrock ex Hirn

D, F

DEO, MAU

563

O. lautumniarum Wittrock ex Hirn

F

VRN

564

O. longatum Kützing ex Hirn

F

VRN

565

O. mexicanum Wittrock ex Hirn

D

PRT

566

O. minus Wittrock ex Hirn

D

AYO

567

O. mirandrium Skuja

F, D

GKP

568

O. mitratum Hirn

F

GKP

569

O. mitratum var. minus R.N. Singh

K, I

GKP

570

O. nanum Wittrock ex Hirn

F

PRG, BRY, SHP, VRN

571

O. oblongum Wittrock ex Hirn

D, F, J

PRG, HMR, LKO, SHR, VRN

572

O. oboviforme Wittrock ex Hirn

A

BBK

573

O. obtruncatum var. completum Hirn (=Oedogonium completum (Hirn) Tiffany)

K, D, F

GON

574

O. obtruncatum Wittrock ex Hirn

K, I, F, J

GON

575

O. oviforme var. minus (Pandey) Mrozinska (=Oedogonium patulum var. minus Pandey)

J

BLI

576

O. patulum Tiffany

J

BLI

577

O. peipingense C.-C. Jao

J

BAH

578

O. praelongum Hallas

D

PRT

579

O. pringsheimii C.E. Cramer ex Hirn

C

BBK

580

O. pringsheimii var. nordstedtii Wittrock ex Hirn

C

BBK

581

O. pseudaureum C.-C. Jao

J

BRY, SHP

582

O. punctatostriatum De Bary ex Hirn

F

SHR

583

O. punctatum Wittrock ex Hirn

C

BBK

584

O. pusillum Kirchner

F

PRG

585

O. rufescens f. exiguum Hirn (=Oedogonium rufescens var. exiguum (Hirn) Tiffany)

F

VRN

586

O. rufescens Wittrock ex Hirn

D, F

LKO, VRN

587

O. silvaticum Hall

F

GKP

588

O. silvaticum var. idioandrosporum R.N. Singh

F

GKP

589

O. sociale var. kanwaense R.N. Singh

F

VRN

590

O. sociale Wittrock ex Hirn

F

VRN

591

O. terrestre Randhawa

M

AYO

592

O. tungarense Gonzalves & S.C. Jain

F

PRG

593

O. varians Wittrock & Lundell ex Hirn

A, F, J, M

PRG, BAH

594

O. vaucheri A. Braun ex Hirn (=Oedogonium vaucheri var. parvum Gonzalves & Sonnad)

K, D

GON

595

O. inconspicuum Hirn

F

BLI

596

O. plurisporum Arnoldi & Y.V. Roll

H

BAH

597

Oocystaenium elegans Gonzales & Mehra

P

PRG

598

Oocystis bispora Komárek

I, F

SHR

599

O. borgei J.W. Snow

D, F

PRG, BAH, KNP, LKO, MHB

600

O. elegans Gonzalves & K.R. Mehra

F

VRN

601

O. elliptica W. West

A, F, J

PRG, LKO, MHB

602

O. irregularis (Petkoff) Printz

A, K, F, P

PRG, SHR

603

O. naegelii A. Braun

K, I, F

KNP, MRT, SHR

604

O. pusilla Hansgirg

A

HMR

605

Oogamochlamys gigantea (O. Dill) Proschold, B. Marin, U.W. Schlosser & Melkonian (=Chlamydomonas capensis Pocock)

C

PRG

606

Oonephris obesa (West & G.S. West) Fott (=Nephrocytium obesum West & G.S. West)

F, P, D, J

PRG, KNP

607

Palmella miniata Leiblein

K, F, J

LKO

608

P. mucosa Kützing

P

BAH

609

Pandorina cylindricum M.O.P. Iyengar

D

GON

610

P. morum (O.F. Müller) Bory

K, D, J

KNP, LKO, LTP, MHB, SHR STP, VRN

611

Papenfussiomonas cordata (Pascher & Jahoda) Desikachary

C

VRN, MRZ

612

Parapediastrum biradiatum (Meyen) E. Hegewald (=Pediastrum biradiatum Meyen)

C, F

MHB

613

Pediastrum angulosum Ehrenberg ex Meneghini (=Pediastrum araneosum (Raciborski) G.M. Smith)

K, D, F, J, P

GKP, MHB, SHR

614

P. angulosum var. laevigatum Raciborski

D, J

MRT, SHR

615

P. cornutum (Raciborski) Troitskaya

D, F

GKP

616

P. duplex Meyen (=Pediastrum duplex var. genuinum (A. Braun) Hansgirg; Pediastrum duplex var. reticulatum Lagerheim)

A, C, K, I, D, F, J

GZB, LKO, PRG, AYO, KNP MRT, LTP, SHR

617

P. duplex var. regulosum Raciborski

A, C, K, I, D, F, J

JHS

618

P. simplex Meyen (=Pediastrum simplex var. duodenarium (Bailey) Rabenhorst)

A, J

LKO

619

P. subgranulatum (Raciborski) J. Komárek & V. Jankovsk (=Pediastrum duplex var. subgranulatum Raciborski)

A, C, K, I, D, F, J

BAH, MHB

620

Penium cucurbitinum var. subpolymorphum Nordstedt (=Cosmarium cucurbitinum var. subpolymorphum (Nordstedt) Lütkemüller)

F, J

BST, SHR

621

P. margaritaceum Brébisson

D

PRG

622

Phacotus lenticularis (Ehrenberg) Diesing

F

STP

623

P. lenticularis var. undulata R. Shyam & Y.S.R.K. Sarma

F

VRN

624

Pithophora roettleri (Roth) Wittrock (=Pithophora cleveana Wittrock; Pithophora mooreana Collins; Pithophora oedogonia (Montagne) Wittrock; Pithophora polymorpha Wittrock; Pithophora sumatrana (Wittrock) Mont; Pithophora varia Wille)

A, C, D, F, H, K, J, P

AYO, BAH, BLR, KNP, LKO, PRG, SUL, STP, VRN

625

Pleodorina indica (Iyengar) H. Nozaki (= Eudorina indica M.O.P. Iyengar)

D, F

GON

626

Pleurastrum terricola (Bristol) D.M. John (=Gongrosira terricola Bristol; Pleurastrum terrestre F.E. Fritsch & R.P. John)

M

LKO, PRG

627

Pleurotaenium baculoides (J. Roy & Bisset) Playfair

D, F

PRG

628

P. caldense var. cristatum (W.B. Turner) Willi Krieger (=Pleurotaenium cristatum (W.B. Turner) O. Borge)

D, F

LKO

629

P. coronatum (Brébisson) Robenhorst

F

PRG

630

P. coronatum var.  fluctuatum West

D, F

PRG, VRN

631

P. cylindricum (W.B. Turner) Schmidle

D, F

BBK, BRY

632

P. ehrenbergii (Ralfs) De Bary

D, F

PRG, BBK, GON, JHS, SHR

633

P. ehrenbergii var. undulatum Schaarschmidt

D, F

PRG, BBK, GON, JHS, SHR

634

P. elatum O. Borge

F

PRG

635

P. eugeneum (W.B. Turner) West & G.S. West

K, D

BRY, GON

636

P. indicum (Grunow) P. Lundell

F

BRY

637

P. nodulosum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst (=Pleurotaenium coronatum var. nodulosum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) West)

D

PRG

638

P. subcoronulatum (W.B. Turner) West & G.S. West

K, D

LKO

639

P. trabecula Nägeli

K, D, F

PRG, BAH, BST, JHS, PLB

640

P. varanasiense Lakshminarasimhan

F

VRN

641

P. cylindricum var. stuhlmannii (Hieronymus) Willi Krieger

D, F

BBK

642

Protosiphon botryoides (Kützing) Klebs

F

SUL

643

Pseudagloë polychloris (Pascher) K.I. Meyer (= Carteria polychloris Pascher)

E, J

PRG

644

Pseudopediastrum boryanum (Turpin) E. Hegewald (=Pediastrum boryanum (Turpin) Meneghini)

K, D, J

PRG, GZB, KNP, LKO, STP

645

P. boryanum var. longicorne (Reinsch) Tsarenko (=Pediastrum boryanum var. longicorne Reinsch)

K, D, J

GZB

646

Pseudorhizoclonium africanum (Kützing) Boedeker (=Rhizoclonium hookeri Kützing)

A, C, D, F, J

PRG

647

Pseudostaurastrum limneticum (Borge) Couté & Rousselin (=Tetraëdron limneticum O. Borge)

J

PRG, VRN

648

Pseudulvella americana (J.W. Snow) Wille

F

DEO, GKP, LKO, MHB

649

P. americana var. indica Philipose

F

DEO, GKP

650

Pyrobotrys acuminata Y.S.R.K. Sarma & R. Shyam

F

VRN

651

P. casinoensis (Playfair) P.C. Silva (=Pyrobotrys gracilis (Korshikov) Korshikov)

F, L

KNP, VRN

652

P. casinoensis var. intermedius Y.S.R.K. Sarma & R. Shyam

C, F

VRN

653

P. desikacharyi Y.S.R.K. Sarma & R. Shyam

C, F

VRN

654

P. korschikoffi (L.A. Schkorbatov) Korshikov

K, H

VRN

655

P. stellatus (Korshikov) Korshikov

F

VRN

656

Radiofilum flavescens G.S. West

A, F

SUL

657

Raphidocelis danubiana (Hindák) Marvan, Komárek & Comas (=Kirchneriella contorta (Schmidle) Bohlin)

K, D

MHB

658

Rhizoclonium crassipellitum West & G.S. West

D, F

BST, BLR, SKN

659

R. hieroglyphicum (C. Agardh) Kützing

A, C, D, F, J

BRY, BDN, BLR, FRK, KNP, LKO, MRD, RMP, SHP, STP, SUL, VRN   

660

R. pachydermum Kjeillmann

A, D, F, H

BLR

661

R. profundum Brand

F

PRG

662

R. tortuosum Dillwy

A, D, F, H

BLR

663

Scenedesmus abundans var. longicauda G.M. Smith

J

KNP

664

S. apiculatus (West & G.S. West) Chodat

K, P

LTP

665

S. apiculatus var. indicus (Hortobagyi) Hortobagyi

K, P

HMR

666

S. arcuatus (Lemmermann) Lemmermann

D, F, J

PRG, BAH, KNP, LTP, MHB

667

S. arcuatus var. allahabadensis Chadha & D.C. Pandey

D, F, J

PRG

668

S. brevispina (G.M. Smith) Chodat

D, F, J

SHR

669

S. denticulatus var. australis Playfair

D, F, J

SHR

670

S. ellipticus Corda (=Scenedesmus linearis Komárek)

D

SHR

671

S. irregularis Roll

 K, I, F, J

BST, GKP, SKN

672

S. lefevrei var. manguinii Lefevre & Bourrelly

I

JHS

673

S. magnus Meyen (=Scenedesmus longus Meyen)

P, J

PRG, KNP

674

S. maximus (West & G.S. West) Chodat (=Scenedesmus quadricauda var. westii G.M. Smith)

F

PRG, JHS, STP

675

S. monomorphus Chadha & D.C. Pandey

F

PRG

676

S. naegelii Brébisson (=Scenedesmus longus var. naegelii (Brébisson) G.M. Smith)

P, J

PRG, KNP

677

S. obtusus Meyen (=Scenedesmus bijugatus var. alternans (Reinsch) Hansgirg; Scenedesmus ovalternus Brébisson)

B, I, D, F, J

LKO, LTP, SHR

678

S. philiposei Chadha & D.C. Pandey

A, B, C, K, I, D

PRG, LKO

679

S. platydiscus (G.M. Smith) Chodat

F, J

SHR

680

S. prismaticus Brühl & Biswas

D, P

PRG, BST

681

S. quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson

F, J

PRG, HMR, JLN, KNP, LKO, MHB, SHR

682

S. quadricauda var. bicaudatus Hansgirg

F

PRG

683

S. quadricauda var. eualternans C.N. Proschkina-Lavrenko

F

PRG

684

S. raciborskii Woloszynska (=Scenedesmus arcuatus var. capitatus G.M. Smith; Scenedesmus incrassatulus var. mononae G.M. Smith)

D, F, J

KNP, LKO, LTP

685

S. semicristatus Uherkovich

P

LTP

686

S. smithii Chodat  

J

LKO

687

Schizomeris irregularis Fritsch and Rich

F

PRG

688

S. leibleinii Kützing

B, C, F

BAH, BLR, AYO, JHS, LKO

689

Schroederia indica Philipose

N

MHB

690

Scotinosphaera paradoxa Klebs (=Kentrosphaera bristoliae G.M. Smith)

F

PRG

691

Selenastrum bibraianum Reinsch (=Ankistrodesmus bibraianus (Reinsch) Korshikov)

D, I, F

MHB SHR

692

Sirocladium kumaoense Randhawa

D, F

SUL

693

Sirogonium ceylanicum Wittrock

F

SHR

694

S. indicum Singh

F

GKP

695

S. melanoporum (Randhawa) Transeau

F

AYO

696

S. reticulatum Randhawa

F

SHR SUL

697

S. sticticum (Smith) Kützing

D, F

SHR SUL

698

S. stictium (Smith) Kützing

F

PRG SUL VRN

699

S. vandalurense M.O.P. Iyengar

F, P

SHR SUL

700

S. ventersicum Transeau

D, F

GKP SHR

701

Sorastrum spinulosum Nägeli

F, P

PRG, BAH, SHR, VRN

702

Sphaerellocystis ampla (Kützing) Nováková (=Gloeocystis ampla (Kützing) Rabenhorst)

F, J

SHR

703

Sphaerocystis schroeteri Chodat

B, D, F

KNP, SHR

704

Sphaeroplea annulina (Roth) C. Agardh

B, A, D, F

GZB, KNP, MRT, SHR

705

Sphaerozosma laeve (Nordstedt) Thomasson (=Onychonema laeve Nordstedt)

I, F

SHR

706

S. laeve var. micracantha (Nordstedt) Thomasson (=Onychonema laeve var. micracanthum Grönblad)

I, F

GON

707

S. nitens (Wallich) De Toni (=Spondylosium nitens (G.C. Wallich) Lundell)

C, K, D

PRG, BAH

708

S. wallichii var. borgei Grönblad

F

PRG

709

Spirogyra acanthophora (Skuja) Czurda

F

SHR

710

S. affinis (Hassall) Petit

F

SHR

711

S. africana (F.E. Fritsh) Czurda

J

BRY, BDN, FRK, MRD, RMP, SHP

712

S. anomala Bhashyakarla Rao

F

PRG, AYO, KNP, MHB, KSM, SHR, VRN

713

S. azygospora R.N. Singh

F

GKP, SHR

714

S. baileyi Schmidle

F

SHR

715

S. bichromatophora (Randhawa) Transeau

C, F, J

BAH, AYO

716

S. biformis C.-C. Jao

F

BAH, AYO, GKP, LKO

717

S. borgeana Transeau

F

SHR

718

S. brunnea Czurda

F

SHR

719

S. bullata C.-C. Jao

F

SHR

720

S. cataeniformi (Hassall) Kützing

F, J

SHR

721

S. chakiaensis (Bhashyakarla Rao) Wille Krieger

F

SHR, VRN

722

S. chakiaensis var. lucknowensis B.N. Prasad & S. Dutta

F

SHR

723

S. circumlineata Transeau

F, J

HMR, LKO

724

S. communis (Hassall) Kützing

J

BLR, GKP, JLN, SHR, SUL

725

S. condensata (Vaucher) Dumortier

C, F, J

BLR, JLN, SHR

726

S. crassa (Kützing) Kützing

F

LKO, STP

727

S. crenulata R.N. Singh

F

GKP

728

S. cylindrica Czurda

D, F

SUL

729

S. daedalea f. oudhensis (Randhawa) V. Poljansky (=Spirogyra oudhensis Randhawa)

F

AYO, SHR

730

S. daedalea Lagerheim

F

AYO

731

S. decimina (O.F. Müller) Dumortier

D

GKP, LKO

732

S. decimina var. juergensii (Kützing) Petlovany (=Spirogyra juergensii Kützing) 

F

GKP, SHR

733

S. diluta H.C. Wood

C

BLR

734

S. dubia Kützing

F

BRY, MRT, SHP, VRN

735

S. ellipsospora Transeau

D

GKP

736

S. elliptica C.-C. Jao

B, D

MRT, SUL

737

S. emilianensis Bonhomme

F, J

SUL

738

S. flavescen (Hassall) Kützing

F

SHR, VRN

739

S. fluviatilis Hilse

J, O

SHR, VRN

740

S. foveolata (Transeau) Czurda

D, F

AYO

741

S. gangaensis Lakshminarasimhan

D

VRN

742

S. ghosei R.N. Singh

B

GKP

743

S. gibberosa C.-C. Jao

F

SHR

744

S. gracilis Kützing

F

SHR

745

S. hassallii (Jenn) Petit

F

SHR

746

S. hatillensis Transeau

K, F

LKO, KNP

747

S. hyalina Cleve

F

LKO

748

S. hymerae Britton & B.H. Smith

F

AYO, LKO, MRT

749

S. irregularis Nägeli ex Kützing

F

SHR

750

S. jaoensis Randhawa

F, J

AYO

751

S. lagerheimii Wittrock

J

SHR

752

S. lambertiana Transeau

J

AYO

753

S. macrospora (C.B. Rao) Krieger

F

SHR

754

S. manoramae Randhawa

F

BRY, BST

755

S. margaritata Wollny

F

GKP, VRN

756

S. neglecta (Hassal) Kützing

F

BLR, KNP, VRN

757

S. neglecta var. fuellerbornei (Schmidle) Petlovany (=Spirogyra fuellebornei Schmidle)

D

VRN

758

S. nitida (O.F. Müller) Leiblein

F, P

KNP, VRN

759

S. paradoxa Rao

G, P

VRN

760

S. parvula (Transeau) Czurda (=Spirogyra cateniformis var. parvula Transeau)

F, J, K

BAH, SHR

761

S. perforans Transeau

J

SHR

762

S. plena (West & G.S. West) Czurda

D, F

GKP

763

S. pratensis Transeau

P

VRN

764

S. puncticulata C.-C. Jao

F

SHR

765

S. randhawae Krieger

F

BLR, GON

766

S. reticuliana Randhawa

J

AYO

767

S. rhizobrachialis C.-C. Jao

B, D, F

SHR

768

S. rivularis (Hassall) Rabenhorst

F, J

MRT, SHR

769

S. setiformis Kützing

B, J

SHR

770

S. singularis Nordstedt (=Spirogyra silvicola M.E. Britton)

A, F

PRG, SHR, SUL, VRN

771

S. skujae Randhawa

F

AYO

772

S. submaxima Transeau

F

PRG, BRY

773

S. subsalina Cedercreutz

F

SHR

774

S. subsalsa Kützing

F

SHR

775

S. szechwanensis C.-C. Jao

F

GKP, RLB, SUL

776

S. tandae Randhawa

F

AYO

777

S. unduliseptum Randhawa

F

AYO

778

S. varians (Hassall) Kützing

F

SHR, VRN

779

S. velata Nordstedt

J

SHR

780

S. rhizoides Randhawa

F

AYO

781

Spirotaenia condensata Brébisson

C, F, J

KNP

782

Spondylosium planum (Wolle) West & G.S. West

I, D

MHB

783

S. pygmaeum Cooke

I

SHR

784

Staurastrum alternans Brébisson ex Ralfs

D, F

PRG

785

S. anatinoides A.M. Scott & Prescott

K, I, F

SHR

786

S. bieneanum Rabenhorst

F, J

LKO

787

S. columbetoides West & G.S. West

D, F

BRY

788

S. dilatatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

D, F

PRG

789

S. gracile Ralfs ex Ralfs

D, F, J

PRG, HMR

790

S. gracile var. coronulatum Boldt

F

PRG, BST, VRN

791

S. hexacerum Wittrock

D, F

PRG

792

S. lapponicum var. ellipticum (Wille) Grönblad (=Staurastrum bieneanum var. ellipticum Wille)

F, J

BAH, LKO, SHR

793

S. oxyacanthum W. Archer

I, D

SHR

794

S. pachyrhynchum Nordstedt

D

BBK, VRN

795

S. paradoxum var. parvum (West) N. Carter

F

BRY

796

S. perundulatum Grönblad

C, J

LKO

797

S. pinnatum var. subpinnatum (Schmidle) West & G.S. West

I, F

PLB

798

S. pinnatum W.B. Turner

I, F

PLB

799

S. pseudotetracerum (Nordstedt) West & G.S. West

I, D

SHR

800

S. sebaldi Reinsch

D, F

PRG

801

S. sebaldi var. ventriverrucosum A.M. Scott & Prescott

F

PRG

802

S. setigerum Cleve

D, F

PRG

803

S. sexangulare (Bulnheim) Rabenhorst

K

GON

804

S. sexangulare var. productum Nordstedt

K

GON

805

S. tetracerum Ralfs ex Ralfs

D, F

PRG

806

S. wildemanii Gutwinski

F

PRG

807

S. wildemanii var. horizontale A.M. Scott & Prescott

D, F

PRG

808

S. zonatum Børgesen

D

BST

809

S. zonatum var. majus A.M. Scott & Prescott

C, D

BST

810

S. cyclacanthum West & G.S. West

D, F

PRG

811

Stauridium tetras (Ehrenberg) E. Hegewald (=Pediastrum tetras (Ehrenberg) Ralfs)

A, K, F, J

PRG, JLN, KNP, LKO, LTP, MRT

812

S. tetras var. tetraodon (Corda) J.D. Hall & Karol (=Pediastrum tetraodon (Corda) A. Braun; Pediastrum tetras var. excisum (A. Braun) Hansgirg; Pediastrum tetras var. tetraodon (Corda) Hansgirg)

F, J

BBK, BST, GZB, KNP, LKO, LTP

813

Staurodesmus arcuatus (Joshua) Teiling (=Arthrodesmus arcuatus Joshua)

F, D

LKO

814

S. convergens (Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) S. Lillieroth (=Arthrodesmus convergens Ehrenberg ex Ralfs)

F, D

LKO

815

S. curvatus (W.B. Turner) Coesel & Van Geest (=Arthrodesmus curvatus W.B. Turner)

F, K

LKO

816

S. pachyrhynchus var. pseudopachyrhynchus (Wolle) Teiling (=Staurastrum pseudopachyrhynchum Wolle)

F

PLB

817

Stigeoclonium aestivale (Hazen) Collins

F

GKP

818

S. amoenum Kützing

F, J

DEO, GKP, SUL

819

S. attenuatum (Hazen) Collins

F

LKO

820

S. elongatum (Hassal) Kützing

F

LKO

821

S. farctum Berthold

D

PRG, BAH, AYO, JHS

822

S. fasciculare Kützing

D, F

DEO, GKP

823

S. fasciculare var. glomeratum (Hazen) A.K.M. Islam (=Stigeoclonium glomeratum (Hazen) Collins)

F, P

KNJ, KNP, LKO

824

S. flagelliferum Kützing

F

LKO

825

S. lubricum (Dillwyn) Kützing

C

BRY, MNB, SHP

826

S. nanum (Dillwyn) Kützing

J

LKO

827

S. nudiusculum (Kützing) Rabenhorst

F

LKO

828

S. polymorphum (Franke) Heering

K, D

GKP, HMR, STP

829

S. stagnatile (Hazen) Collins

I, J

BAH

830

S. subsecundum (Kützing) Kützing

F

PRG

831

S. tenue (C. Agardh) Kützing

F

PRG, BAH, BLR, DEO, GKP, JHS, MRT

832

Teilingia granulata (J. Roy & Bisset) Bourrelly (=Sphaerozosma granulatum J. Roy & Bisset)

A, B, D, F

PRG, STP

833

T. wallichii (J.P. Jacobsen) Bourrelly (=Sphaerozosma wallichii J.P. Jacobsen)

D, F

PRG

834

Temnogametum heterosporum West & G.S. West

F

SUL

835

Tetrabaena socialis (Dujardin) H. Nozaki & M. Itoh (=Gonium sociale (Dujardin) Warming)

D

STP

836

Tetradesmus bernardii (G.M. Smith) M.J. Wynne (=Scenedesmus bernardii G.M. Smith)

J

HMR, LKO

837

T. dimorphus (Turpin) M.J. Wynne (=Scenedesmus dimorphus (Turpin) Kützing)

D, J

PRG, BAH, JHS, KNP, LKO, MHB, MRT

838

T. incrassatulus (Bohlin) M.J. Wynne (=Scenedesmus incrassatulus Bohlin)

D, F, J

BST

839

T. lagerheimii M.J. Wynne & Guiry (=Scenedesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) Chodat)

J

KNP

840

T. obliquus (Turpin) M.J. Wynne (=Scenedesmus bijugatus Kützing; Scenedesmus obliquus (Turpin) Kützing)

B, I, D, F, J

BAH, GZB, PRG, KNP, LKO, MHB, MRT, VRN

841

Tetraedron bifurcatum (Wille) Lagerheim

F

BBK

842

T. caudatum (Corda) Hansgirg

C, F

BBK

843

T. gracile (Reinsch) Hansgirg 

F

BBK

844

T. lunula (Reinsch) Hansgirg (=Closteridium lunula Reinsch)

A

KSM

845

T. trigonum (Nägeli) Hansgirg

F

PRG, BBK

846

T. tumidulum (Reinsch) Hansgirg

J

BBK

847

Tetrallantos lagerheimii Teiling

D, P

KNP, MHB, STP

848

Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J. Carter) F. Stein (=Carteria cordiformis (H.J. Carter) Diesing)

C, F, J

KNP

849

Tetraspora lubrica (Roth) C. Agardh

D

MHB

850

T. apiocystioides Chowdary, Suryanarayan & Y.S.R.K. Sarma

F

KNP

851

T. gelatinosa (Vaucher) Desvaux

F, P

KNP, STP

852

Tolypella glomerata (Desvaux) Leonhardi (=Tolypella nidifica var. glomerata (Desvaux) R.D. Wood)

D, F

BRY, LKO

853

T. nidifica (O.F. Müller) Leonhardi

F

BRY

854

Transeauina costata (Rahdhawa) Guiry (=Debarya costata Randhawa)

A, F, D

AYO, KNP, MHB, SUL

855

Trebouxia arboricola Puymaly (=Trebouxia humicola G.S. West & F.E. Fritsch)

J

LKO

856

Trentepohlia aurea (Linnaeus) C. Martius

F

LKO

857

T. umbrina (Kützing) Bornet

F

LKO

858

Ulothrix aequalis Kützing

F

BRY, SHP

859

U. albicans Kützing (=Ulothrix moniliformis (Kützing) Kützing)

F, P

KNP

860

U. bipyrenoidosa F.E. Fritsch & M.F. Rich

K, I

BAH

861

U. fimbriata Bold

K

BAH

862

U. gigas (Vischer) K.R. Mattox & Bold (=Uronema gigas Vischer)

F

PRG, BST, GON, GKP, AYO, LKO, MHB, SUL

863

U. oscillarina Kützing

F

BAH

864

U. tenerrima (Kützing) Kützing (=Ulothrix variabilis (Kützing) Kützing)

F, J

AGR, BDN, BRY, FRK, MRD, RMP, SHP, VRN

865

U. tenuissima Kützing

C, F

GON

866

U. zonata (F. Weber & Mohr) Kützing

F, P

BAH, GON, KNP, STP

867

Ulva flexuosa Wulfen (=Enteromorpha tubulosa (Kützing) Kützing

F

PRG

868

U. prolifera O.F. Müller (=Enteromorpha prolifera (O.F. Müller) J. Agardh)

J

PRG

869

Uronema confervicola Lagerheim

D, F

LKO, MHB, KNP

870

Vaucheria amphibia Randhawa

E

VRN

871

V. aversa Hassall

A

VRN

872

V. borealis Hirn

F

VRN

873

V. bursata (O.F. Müller) C. Agardh (=Vaucheria sessilis (Vaucher) De Candolle)

M

VRN

874

V. bursata var. major (B.H. Smith) Q.X. Wang & W.-M. Bao (=Vaucheria sessilis var. major (B.H. Smith) Ventkataraman)

M

VRN

875

V. cruciata (Vaucher) De Candolle (=Vaucheria debaryana Woronin)

K, D, J

KSM, LTP, MAU, MRZ

876

V. geminata (Vaucher) De Candolle

A, F, M

BRY, MRZ

877

V. geminata var. verticillata (Meneghini) Rabenhorst

A

SUL

878

V. hamata (Vaucher) De Candolle

K

VRN

879

V. nasuta W.R. Taylor & Bornatowicz

A

SUL, VRN

880

V. uncinata Kützing

A

VRN

881

V. undulata C.-C. Jao

M

VRN

882

Volvox africanus G.S. West

C, F, G, P, Q

LKO, MRZ

883

V. aureus Ehrenberg

F

LKO, LTP, SHP

884

V. carteri F. Stein

C, F, G, P, Q

LKO, MRZ

885

V. globator Linnaeus

C, F

BBK, LKO, VRN

886

V. merrillii W.R. Shaw

F

LKO

887

V. rousseletii G.S. West

F

LKO

888

V. rousseletii var. lucknowensis M.O.P. Iyengar

F

LKO

889

V. spermatosphaera J.H. Powers

F

AYO

890

Willea apiculata (Lemmermann) D.M. John, M.J. Wynne & P.M. Tsarenko (=Crucigenia apiculata (Lemmermann) Schmidle)

D, F

MHB

891

W. crucifera (Wolle) D.M. John, M.J. Wynne & P.M. Tsarenko (=Crucigenia crucifera (Wolle) O. Kuntze)

D, F

MHB

892

W. rectangularis (A. Braun) D.M. John, M.J. Wynne & P.M. Tsarenko (=Crucigenia rectangularis (Nägeli) Komárek)

F

PRG

893

Wittrockiella sundarbanensis (A.K. Islam) C. Boedeker (=Cladophorella sundarbanensis A.K. Islam)

A, D, F, H

BLR

894

Xanthidium antilopaeum Kützing

D, N

PRG

895

Zygnema chalybeospermum Hansgirg (=Zygnema melanosporum Lagerheim)

D, F

KSM, KNP, MHB, PRG

896

Z. collinsianum Transeau

F

AYO

897

Z. cylindricum Transeau

K, J

MHB, LKO

898

Z. cylindrosporum Czurda

F

PRG

899

Z. czurdae Randhawa

F

PRG

900

Z. gangeticum Bhashyakarla Rao

F

SHR, VRN

901

Z. globosum Czurda

F

GKP

902

Z. gorakhporense R.N. Singh

F

GKP, SHR

903

Z. inconspicuum Czurda

J, M

SHR

904

Z. indicum J.N. Misra

D, F, J

KNP, LKO, SKN

905

Z. insigne (Hassall) Kützing

F

BAH, KNP, SHR, SKN

906

Z. mucigena Randhawa

F

AYO

907

Z. normanii Taft

F

VRN

908

Z. oudhense Randhawa

F

GON

909

Z. stellinum (O.F.  Müller) C. Agardh

F

SHR

910

Z. terrestre Randhawa

F, M

AYO, SUL

911

Z. vaucheri C. Agardh

F

BBK, GON

912

Zygnemopsis globosa Randhawa (= Zygnemopsis globosum Czurda)

F

GKP

913

Z. gracilis Randhawa

M, O

AYO

914

Z. indica (Randhawa) Randhawa

M

PRG, SUL

915

Z. iyengarii (Randhawa) Randhawa

C

SUL

916

Z. lamellata Randhawa

M

AYO

917

Z. minuta Randhawa

M

AYO

918

Z. sphaerospora Randhawa 

F, M

AYO

919

Z. splendens Randhawa

F

AYO, RMP

920

Z. transeauana Randhawa

F

AYO

921

Z. vermaii B.N. Prasad & V. Kumari

M

LKO

 

 

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