DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF THE GENUS OSCILLATORIA VAUCHER EX GOM. (OSCILLATORIALES, CYANOPROKARYOTE) IN TRIPURA, INDIA

Abstract

Present paper deals with the diversity and distribution pattern of the genus Oscillatoria in Tripura, India. The genus Oscillatoria is a filamentous, unbranched, Non heterocystous and motile Blue-green Alga. In the present investigation we report sixteen species of the genus Oscillatoria from Tripura, India, out which, all the species are new addition to the flora of Tripura and seven species are new addition to Indian flora. Our study also revealed that out of total sixteen species of Oscillatoria, thirteen grow in rice fields and as well as in other habitats, but rest three taxa flourish only on specific habitats of Tripura, India.