Diversity and Species Composition of Subaerial Algal Communities in Forested Areas of Meghalaya, India

Table 2

List of taxa recorded from tree barks in three different sampling areas, that is, closed undisturbed sacred grove in Mawphlang (MSG), mixed plantation in Shillong golf course (SGC), and open disturbed forest in Umiam besides NH-44 (U-NH44). (+) indicates presence.

		Species code	MSG	SGC	U-NH44
	CYANOBACTERIA
1	Anabaena sp.	Ana sp	+
2	Aphanocapsa elachista West and G. S. West	A ela			+
3	Aphanocapsa muscicola (Meneghini) Willa	A mus		+	+
4	Aphanocapsa sp.	A sp			+
5	Aphanothece sp.	Aph sp			+
6	Aphanothece sp. 1	Aph 1		+	+
7	Gloeocapsa alpina (Nägeli) Brand	Gle a			+
8	Gloeocapsa punctata Nägeli	Gle p		+	+
9	Gloeocapsa sanguinea (C. Agardh) Kützing	Gle s			+
10	Gloeocapsa sp.	Gle sp			+
11	Lyngbya martensiana (Meneghini) Gomont	Lyn mar			+
12	Nostoc muscorum C. Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault	Nos m		+	+
13	Nostoc punctiforme (Kützing) Hariot	Nos p			+
14	Nostoc sphaericum Vaucher ex Bornet and Flahault	Nos s			+
15	Nostoc sp.	Nos sp	+
16	Nostoc sp. 1	Nos 1	+
17	Nostoc sp. 2	Nos 2	+
18	Phormidium papyraceum (C. Agardh) Gomont	Ph pap	+
19	Phormidium sp. 1	Ph 1			+
20	Phormidium sp. 2	Ph 2			+
21	Scytonema millei Bornet	Scy mil			+
22	Scytonema mirabile (Dillwyn) Bornet	Scy mir		+
23	Scytonema ocellatum Lyngbye ex Bornet and Flahault	Scy oc		+
24	Scytonema sp.	Scy sp	+	+	+
25	Scytonema sp. 1	Scy 1			+
26	Stigonema mamillosum (Lyngbye) C. Agardh, Bornet, and Flahault	Sti ma	+		+
27	Stigonema minutum (C. Agardh) Hassall, Bornet, and Flahault	Sti mi	+		+
28	Stigonema ocellatum (Dillwyn) Thuret, Bornet, and Flahault	Sti oc			+
29	Symploca muscorum (C. Agardh) Gomont	Sym mus	+
30	Synechococcus aeruginosus Nägeli	Syn ea	+
	BACILLARIOPHYCEAE
1	Achnanthes lanceolata (Brébisson ex Kützing) Grunow	Acn lan	+
2	Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg	Coc pla	+
3	Diadesmis sp.	Dia sp	+
4	Eunotia exigua (Brébisson ex Kützing) Rabenhorst	Eun exi	+
5	Eunotia praerupta Ehrenberg	Eun prae	+
6	Eunotia sp.	Eun sp	+
7	Frustulia rhomboides (Ehrenberg) De Toni	Fru rho	+
8	Gomphonema lanceolatum C. Agardh	Gom lan	+
9	Gomphonema sp.	Gom sp	+		+
10	Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow	H amp			+
11	Melosira dickiei (Thwaites) Kutzing	Mel dic	+
12	Navicula gracilis Ehrenberg	Nav g	+		+
13	Navicula sp.	Nav sp	+
14	Nitzschia sp.	Nitz sp	+	+
15	Pinnularia borealis Ehrenberg	Pin bor	+		+
	CHLOROPHYCEAE
1	Bracteacoccus grandis Bischoff and Bold	Bra gr	+
2	Bracteacoccus sp.	Bra sp	+
3	Chlorococcum sp.	Chlor sp	+
4	Chlorococcum sp. 1	Chlor 1		+
5	Chlorolobion braunii Nägeli Komarek	Chl b	+	+	+
6	Gloeocystis ampla (Kützing) Rabenhorst	Gl amp	+
7	Gloeocystis sp.	Gl sp			+
8	Microspora sp.	Mic sp	+	+
9	Microspora sp. 1	Mic1		+
10	Scotiellopsis oocystisformis (Lund) Punčochářová and Kalina	Scot oocy	+		+
	TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE
1	Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck	Chlo vul	+
2	Chlorella saccharophila (W. Kruger) Migula	Chlo sac	+	+	+
3	Chlorella sp.	Chlo sp	+	+	+
4	Chlorella sp. 1	Chlo 1		+	+
5	Desmococcus olivaceus (Persoon ex Acharius) J. R. Laundon	Des o	+	+	+
6	Dictyochloropsis splendida (Geitler) Tschermak-Woess	Dic s	+
7	Dictyochloropsis sp.	Dic sp	+	+	+
8	Dictyochloropsis sp. 1	Dic 1		+	+
9	Monoraphidium sp.	Mono sp		+
10	Podohedra saltans J. Neustupa	Pod s		+	+
11	Podohedra tropica J. Neustupa	Pod t		+	+
12	Stichococcus minor Nägeli	Stic m		+
13	Trebouxia arboricola De Puymaly	Tre a	+	+	+
14	Trebouxia sp. 1	Tre sp		+	+
	ULVOPHYCEAE
1	Printzina lagenifera (Hildebrand) Thompson & Wujek	Prin la		+	+
2	Trentepohlia abietina (Flotow) Hansgirg	Tren ab	+	+	+
3	Trentepohlia arborum (C. Agardh) Hariot	Tren ar	+		+
4	Trentepohlia diffracta (Krempelhüber) Hariot	Tren dif		+
5	Trentepohlia rigidula (J. Müller) Hariot	Tren rig	+	+	+
6	Trentepohlia sp.	Tren sp		+
7	Trentepohlia sp. 1	Tren 1	+
8	Trentepohlia sp. 2	Tren 2	+
9	Trentepohlia sp. 3	Tren 3		+	+
10	Trentepohlia sp. 4	Tren 4		+	+
11	Trentepohlia sp. 5	Tren 5	+
12	Trentepohlia sp. 6	Tren 6	+
	KLEBSORMIDIOPHYCEAE
1	Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) Silva, Mattox, and Blackwell	Kleb f	+	+	+
	ZYGNEMATOPHYCEAE
1	Euastrum sublobatum var dissimile (Nordstedt) West and G. S. West	Eua sub	+	+	+
2	Mesotaenium macrococcum (Kutzing ex Kutzing) J. Roy and bisset	Mes m	+	+	+
3	Mesotenium sp.	Mes sp	+