Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 211002, India
*Corresponding Author: kesarwani.sarika1@gmail.com
Online published on 20 January, 2017.
Five hundred seventeen samples of Oscillatoriales were collected from different localities of nine districts viz. Allahabad, Varanasi, Jaunpur, Pratapgarh, Mirzapur, Chitrakoot, Raebareli, Fatehpur and Kaushambi of Uttar Pradesh (India) during 2003–2013. On the basis of frequent occurrence and enough growth, ten species of Oscillatoria viz. O. anguina, O. limosa, O. tenuis, O. subbrevis, O. nigro-viridis, O. sancta, O. margaratifera, O. princeps, O. vizagapatensis and O. proboscidea were selected. A key to all the ten species and their morphological description with line diagrams and photographs are given. A brief account of cultural and seasonal observations is also included. The most common five species found in Uttar Pradesh (India) include: O. sancta, O. limosa, O. subbrevis, O. vizagapatensis and O. nigro-viridis.
Cultural observations, Frequent occurrence, Oscillatoria
