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Morphological and cytological investigations ofUlothrix zonata and taxonomy of the related species

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The present communication deals with the observations made on the morphology, reproduction and cytology ofUlothrix zonata (Weber & Mohr)Kütz. in culture. The alga displays a remarkable phenotypic plasticity in nature as well as in culture. The present study provides additional evidence of karyology in support ofLokhorst andVroman's treatment ofU. zonata which merges a number of earlier described species in it. The cytological details and chromosome number (n = 10) determined for the Indian isolates ofU. zonata agree with those ofSarma for the British material.

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  1. Algae Laboratory, National Botanical Research Institute, 226001, Lucknow, India

    R. Shyam & P. N. Saxena

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Shyam, R., Saxena, P.N. Morphological and cytological investigations ofUlothrix zonata and taxonomy of the related species. Pl Syst Evol 135, 151–158 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00983183

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