Balasaheb Shantilal Kale*, Sanjay Appaji Khairnar & Sulabha Sambhaji Lalsare
Department of Botany, S.S.S.M. Arts, Science and Commerce College, Saikheda, Niphad, Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Received : 21st May, 2023 ; Revised : 24th June, 2023
DOI:-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12206942.
Abstract– The Western Ghats is one of the 34th biodiversity hot spots with a rich combination of algal flora together with cyanophyta. Cyanophyta also known as Cyanobacteria are nitrogen fixing and photosynthetic autotrophic microorganisms. The significant contribution in the present day is a food sources, fodder, biofuels, fish cultivation, medicines, and green manure. Among the algal diversity cyanophyta group is one of the ancient algal groups on the earth. It is cosmopolitan in distribution on the planet. To overcome the knowledge gap, the present research was carried out on the cyanophyta flora of the northern Western Ghats in Junnar tehsil (Pune district) of Maharashtra, India. The studied area’s immeasurable cyanophyta specimen collections were conducted during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon. The most significant species of cyanophyta was found on soil, tree bark, and rock surfaces. A total of 107 filiform cyanophyta taxa were identified with the help of available literature. The highest number of cyanophyta was documented from Junnar tehsil with 20 Oscillatoria taxa. During the study, we documented filiform major cyanophyta taxa followed by 3, 4, 6, 8, 8, 8, 10, 10, 15 and 20 of Microcoleus, Gloeotrichia, Spirulina, Nostoc, Anabaena, Calothrix, Lyngbya, Phormidium, Scytonema and Oscillatoria respectively.
Key words: Algae, Filiform, Cyanophyta, Junnar tehsil, Western Ghats
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