Algae of the Cho Oyu (E. Himalaya) expedition-I, Bacillariophyceae

On some Diatoms from High Altitude Gokyo Lake-Iii, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

“…Diatom fl ora of Central Himalaya specially from the Himalaya region of Nepal has been studied by Hirano (1955Hirano ( , 1963Hirano ( , 1969Hirano ( , 1984, Suxena and Venkateswarlu (1968), Suxena et al (1972), Subba Raju and Suxena (1979), Jüttner et al (2000Jüttner et al ( , 2003Jüttner et al ( , 2004, Rothfritz et al (1997), Cantonati et al (2001), Simkhada (2006) and Subba et al (2009). Among them, major and preliminary contribution was made by Hirano (1955Hirano ( , 1963Hirano ( , 1984 recording a total 176 taxa of diatoms from Kungbachen, Mewa Valley, Wolangchung Gola of Eastern Nepal and Manang, Mustang, Kathmandu, Gorkha and Kaski of Central Nepal.…”

“…Among them, major and preliminary contribution was made by Hirano (1955Hirano ( , 1963Hirano ( , 1984 recording a total 176 taxa of diatoms from Kungbachen, Mewa Valley, Wolangchung Gola of Eastern Nepal and Manang, Mustang, Kathmandu, Gorkha and Kaski of Central Nepal. Later on, Suxena and Venkateswarlu (1968) have also described 69 taxa of diatoms from Eastern Nepal especially from Bhote Koshi, Dudh Koshi, Imja and Lobuche rivers and Muzamba and Dudh Pokhari glacier lakes, all the localities lying between Mt. Everest and Mt.…”

Taxonomic Studies on Some Freshwater Diatoms from the Eastern Terai Region, Nepal

“…25, Fig. 3 Valves crescentric to arcuate, more or less parallel sides and slightly narrower rounded apices; short raphe at the ventral margin near the poles; polar nodules small; striae parallel (Suxena and Venkateswarlu, 1968); roadside ditches at Tarahara, 155 m, Sunsari (Misra et al).…”

“…Distribution in Nepal: pond at Dillibazar, 1300 m, Kathmandu (Hirano, 1963); Birendra Sabha Griha pond, 72 m, Biratnagar Misra et al). Distribution in Nepal: stream below Namche Bazar, 2900-4200 m, Solukhumbu (Suxena and Venkateswarlu, 1968); a stream at Kungbachen, 4150 m (Hirano, 1984); Sapta Koshi river, 206 m, Koshi Tappu, Sunsari; Rawa Khola, 720 m, Manglabare, Khotang; Gokyu lake III, 4770 m, Solukhumbu (Misra et al) Genus: Fragilaria Lyngbye 1819 3. Fragilaria capucina Desmaz.…”

“…The first investigations on diatoms in Nepal were made by Carter (1926), followed by Hirano (1955Hirano ( , 1963Hirano ( , 1969Hirano ( , 1984, Suxena and Venkateswarlu (1968), Suxena et al (1972), Hickel (1973a, b), Ishida (1986), Aryal and Lacoul (1996), Juettner et al (1996), Rothfritz et al (1997), Juettner et al (2000), Cantonati et al (2001), Juettner et al (2003), Juettner et al (2004), and . So far 263 diatom taxa have been reported from Nepal (Baral, 1999).…”