Hydrobiological studies within the tea gardens at Srimangal, Bangladesh. V. Desmids (Euastrum, micrasterias, actinotaenium and cosmarium)

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  • AKM Nurul Islam Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • Haseeb Md Irfanullah IUCN Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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acidic habitats, species diversity, phytoplankton, desmids, new taxa, new records

Abstract

Ninety-three desmid taxa belonging to four genera, namely Euastrum, Micrasterias, Actinotaenium and Cosmarium have been recorded from different aquatic habitats located within the tea gardens at Srimangal, Maulvi Bazar. Of these, 20 are described as new records for Bangladesh, including a new variety, E. substellatum Nordst. var. bangladeshicum Islam & Irfanullah var. nov. and a new forma, Cosmarium depressum (Näg.) Lund. var. apertum (Turner) Hirano fa. spinosum Islam and Irfanullah fa. nov.

Key words: acidic habitats, species diversity, phytoplankton, desmids, new taxa, new records

DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v13i1.589 

Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 13(1): 1-20, 2006 (June)

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Hydrobiological studies within the tea gardens at Srimangal, Bangladesh. V. Desmids (Euastrum, micrasterias, actinotaenium and cosmarium). (2006). Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 13(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v13i1.589

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Hydrobiological studies within the tea gardens at Srimangal, Bangladesh. V. Desmids (Euastrum, micrasterias, actinotaenium and cosmarium). (2006). Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 13(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v13i1.589