Abstract
The Jammu and Kashmir State possesses a rich diversity of freshwater algae because of the abundance of lakes and wetlands. These algae range from planktonic forms in Cyanophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Cryptophyceae, and Dinophyceae, to colonial Volvocaceae, to filamentous Zygnemataceae, Ulotrichaceae, and Oedogoniaceae, to complex Chaetophoraceae, Charophyceae, and Rhodophyceae. This chapter has documented a total of 1065 taxa of algae from the State, based on review of literature published so far. In terms of species richness, Bacillariophyceae (with 299 species, 56 varieties, and 8 forma in 45 genera) is the largest class, followed by Chlorophyceae (with 240 species, 39 varieties, and 8 forma in 78 genera), Cyanophyceae (with 216 species, 5 varieties, and 3 forma in 46 genera), Desmidiaceae (with 102 species, 22 varieties, and 2 forma in 21 genera), Euglenophyceae (with 44 species and 2 varieties in 10 genera), Chrysophyceae (with 5 species in 2 genera), Dinophyceae (with 4 species in 4 genera), Xanthophyceae (with 4 species and 1 forma in 3 genera), Charophyceae (with 2 species and 1 variety in 2 genera), and Rhodophyceae and Cryptophyceae (with only 1 species each).
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Kaloo, Z.A., Amin, S. (2020). Algal Diversity in Jammu and Kashmir State. In: Dar, G., Khuroo, A. (eds) Biodiversity of the Himalaya: Jammu and Kashmir State . Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation, vol 18. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9174-4_13
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