Observation on fresh water algal flora of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh

The paper presents an account of 32 algal taxa belonging to 25 genera under four classes - Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Bacillariophyceae and Euglenophyceae.This is the first study from Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh focusing on the enumeration of the algal flora from wetlands and ponds. The study revealed the occurrence of maximum numbers of 12 genera with 15 taxa in class Chlorophyceae while only one genus with 1 taxa was observed in class Euglenophyceae.