Nomenclatural changes for some freshwater red algae from India

doi:2013.28.1.45

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Algae 2013;28(1): 45-51. doi: https://doi.org/10.4490/algae.2013.28.1.045

E. K. Ganesan¹^,* and John A. West²

¹Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidad de Oriente, Cumaná 6101, Venezuela
²School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia

*Corresponding Author

Email: kganesan@udo.edu.ve

ABSTRACT

In preparing a bibliographic check-list on freshwater red algae of India, we noted that nomenclatural changes are necessary for nine taxa currently placed in Acrochaetium-Audouinella-Chantransia complex and Batrachospermum sensu lato. These are Audouinella desikacharyi nom. nov., A. keralayensis (Jose & Patel) comb. nov., Kumanoa balakrishnanii (Chaugule) comb. nov., K. dasyphylla (Skuja ex Balakrishnan & Chaugule) comb. nov., K. iyengarii (Skuja ex Balakrishnan & Chaugule) comb. nov., K. kylinii (Balakrishnan & Chaugule) comb. nov., K. mahabaleshwarense (Balakrishnan & Chaugule) comb. nov., K. umamaheswararaoi (Baluswami & Babu) comb. nov., and K. zeylanica (Skuja ex Balakrishnan & Chaugule) comb. nov. All the above-mentioned species, excepting Kumanoa zeylanica, appear to be endemic to India, since no other records are known outside India.

Key words: Audouinella; Batrachospermum; freshwater red algae; India; Kumanoa; taxonomy