Reconsideration of the Gomphonema (Bacillariophyceae) species from Kolhapur, Northern Western Ghats, India: Taxonomy, typification and biogeography of the species reported by H.P. Gandhi

Phycological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-198

  Karthick, B ^a   Kociolek, J Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Gandhi; Gomphonema; India; New taxa; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIATOM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

EAST AFRICA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KOLHAPUR; MADAGASCAR; MAHARASHTRA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84865305982     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2012.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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