Contribution to The Knowledge of Fresh Water Red Algae (Rhodophyta) of India

The present communication is an exclusive contribution of some fresh water red algal species from the central, north and north eastern parts of India. Atotal of four taxa have been reported from four different states, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Sikkim of India. Batrachospermum longiarticulatum Necchi from Sikkim and Assam of north east India, Batrachospermum moniliforme Roth and Compsopogon coeruleus (Balbis) Montagne from Madhya Pradesh of Central India and Thorea siamensis Kumano and Traichaiyaporn from Uttar Pradesh, north India. All taxa were recorded for the first time from the above mentioned new localities of India. Genus Thorea siamensis Kumano and Traichaiyaporn was reported for the first time from Indian sub-continent.