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Issue: Vol. 332 No. 1: 15 December 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.1.1
Page range: 1–21
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

The genus Odontidium (Bacillariophyta) in the Himalaya—a preliminary account of some taxa and their distribution

National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, U.K.
The Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.
Kathmandu University, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Aquatic Ecology Centre, P.O. Box 6250, Kathmandu, Nepal
Botanic Garden Meise, Department of Cryptogamy (Bryophyta & Thallophyta), Nieuwelaan 38, B-1860 Meise, Belgium University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, ECOBE, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Arhimedova 3, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Kathmandu University, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Aquatic Ecology Centre, P.O. Box 6250, Kathmandu, Nepal
Kathmandu University, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Aquatic Ecology Centre, P.O. Box 6250, Kathmandu, Nepal
The Natural History Museum, Science Resources, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.
Algae Odontidium Diatoma Himalaya Nepal morphology alpine freshwater habitats altitude

Abstract

Four new species are described in the genus Odontidium from the Himalaya in Nepal, and the Garhwal and Kumaon regions in India using light and electron microscopy. We compare the Himalayan taxa to recently described species from the European Alps and Macedonia. In addition we illustrate some specimens of Diatoma rupestris, a species recently described from China, in the Nepalese Himalaya.