The genus Cymbopleura (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyta) from high altitude freshwater habitats, Everest National Park, Nepal, with the description of two new species

Fottea

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-269

  van de Vijver, Bart ^a   Jüttner, Ingrid ^b   Gurung, Smriti ^c   Sharma, Chhatra ^c   Sharma, Subodh ^c   de Haan, Myriam ^a   Cox, Eileen J ^d  

^a BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Asia; Bacillariophyta; Cymbopleura; Gokyo; Himalaya; Morphology; Nepal; New species

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054766714     PISSN: 18025439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/fot.2011.025     Document Type: Article

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