Phycology Laboratory, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author-E-mail: m.suseela25@rediffmail.com
Online published on 25 April, 2016.
Rare desmids Heimansia pusilla (Hilse) Coesel, Cosmocladium saxonicum De Bary, Cosmarium curtum (Breb.) Ralfs, Cosmarium quadrifarium Lundell, Cosmarium regnellii Wille and Cosmarium mansangense W. & G.S. West, have been recorded for the first time from central and northern Indian water bodies, which are new additions to Indian algal flora.
Cosmarium, Cosmocladium, Heimansia, India, Rare desmids
