New taxa of Cosmarium Corda (Desmidiaceae) from Karnataka State, India

Abstract

Six new taxa including two new species (Cosmarium bourrellyi Bongale sp. nov. and C. desikacharyi Bongale sp. nov.) and four new varieties (C. auriculatum var. protrusum Bongale var. nov., C. pachydermum var. inflatum Bongale var. nov., C. pseudoconnatum var. tuberculans Bongale var. nov. and C. quadrum var. rotundatum Bongale var. nov.) are reported. Algae were collected from a paddy field at Belgaum. © 1989 Kluwer Academic Publishers.