The Journal of Indian Botanical Society
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 91
  • Issue: 1to3

Azolla Filiculoides: First Report from Himachal Pradesh

  • Author:
  • Rakesh Kumar, M.K. Seth1, Ranjeet Thakur2, M.R. Suseela3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 280 to 282

1Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-171 005, (H.R)

2Govt. College, Dharamshala, District Kangra-176115, (H.R)

3Algology section, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226 001, U.R

*R.G.M. Govt. College, Joginder Nagar, District Mandi-175015, (H.R), rbotany@gmail.com

Online published on 7 April, 2016.

Abstract

One of the most fascinating of all plants intimate symbiotic associations is Azolla-Anabaena association. It involves a tiny aquatic water fern (Azolla) belonging to monotypic family Azollaceae and a microscopic filamentous blue-green alga or cyanobacterium Anabaena belonging to family Nostocaceae of Cyanophyceae. In this short communication morpho-taxonomic characters and the practical uses of Azolla are described and the species Azolla filiculoides is reported for the first time from Himachal Pradesh.

Keywords

cyanobacterium, Azolla, Anabaena, symbiosis, nitrogen fixation