1Miraj Mahavidyalaya Miraj, District Sangli
Post graduate Department of Botany, Yashavantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara (M.S.)-415001
*Corresponding author E-mail: vaneetachandra@gmail.com
Online published on 20 October, 2014.
Genus Wollea comprises four species viz., Wollea saccata Born et Flah. (1888), Wollea bharadwajae R. N. Singh (1942), Wollea lemnae Guerrero (1947), Wollea udaipurensis Gupta et Kumar (1968). From these species Wollea saccata Born et Flah., Wollea bharadwajae Singh R. N. and Wollea udaipurensis Gupta et Kumar have been reported from India. Present paper deals with first time report on the occurrence of Wollea bharadwajae Singh R. N. from Satara district. A comparative account with the forms recorded earlier and it's taxonomic status has been described in detail in this communication.
Blue green algae, Genus, Satara, Wollea bharadwajae
