Typification of two species of Luticola (Bacillariophyta) from aerophilic habitats of the Western Ghats, India

ADITI KALE; ZLATKO LEVKOV; BALASUBRAMANIAN KARTHICK

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.298.1.3

Issue: Vol. 298 No. 1: 7 March 2017

Type: Article

Published: 2017-03-07

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.298.1.3

Page range: 29–42

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**Typification of two species of Luticola (Bacillariophyta) from aerophilic habitats of the Western Ghats, India**

ADITI KALE⁺⁻
ZLATKO LEVKOV⁺⁻
BALASUBRAMANIAN KARTHICK⁺⁻

Biodiversity and Palaeobiology Group, Agharkar Research Institute, GG Agarkar Road, Pune – 411004. INDIA.

Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Arhimedova 3, 1000 Skopje, R. MACEDONIA.

Biodiversity and Palaeobiology Group, Agharkar Research Institute, GG Agarkar Road, Pune – 411004. INDIA.

H.P. Gandhi Luticola Mahabaleshwar Semi-aquatic Wet wall Algae

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Abstract

This paper addresses the typification of two Navicula Bory species described by H.P. Gandhi along with a transfer to the genus Luticola D.G.Mann. The species described are Luticola jogensis comb. nov., stat. nov. and Luticola gandhii comb. nov., nom. nov., stat. nov. Both species were encountered in similar aerophilic habitats from the Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot from the Indian subcontinent. Light and electron microscopy observations and notes on distribution for both taxa, are presented.