DIVERSITY AND SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT OF GENUS ANABAENA (Bory) IN RIVER GANGA AT KANPUR, UP, INDIA

Vinod Rishi¹ , Dr. Ravindra Singh¹, Dr. Sadhana Chaurasia² and Dr. A. K. Awasthi³

¹Department of Biological Sciences, M.G.C.G. University, Chitrakoot, Satna, M.P.;

²Department of Energy and Environment M.G.C.G. University, Chitrakoot, Satna, M.P.,

³Department of Botany, Brahmanand P.G. College, Kanpur, U.P.

ABSTRACT

The present study based on the systematic account of genus Anabaena (Bory) found in five sampling stations of river Ganga at Kanpur, between Bithoorghat to Jajmaughat, during the period from February 2018 to January 2019. During the present study 09 species of Anabaena (Bory) have been identified from different sampling stations of river Ganga at Kanpur. The identified species were Anabaena ambigua (Rao, C. B.), Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst ex Born et Flah., Anabaena fertilissima (Rao, C. B.), Anabaena flos-aquae (Lyngb.) Brebission ex Bornet et Flahault. Anabaena iyengarii (Bharadwaja), Anabaena iyengarii var. tenuis (Rao, C.B.), Anabaena oscillariodes Bory ex Bornet et Flahault., Anabaena sphaerica Bornet et Flahault. and Anabaena variabilis (Kuetzing) ex Bornet et Flahault.