Studies on Some Chlorococcales from Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh. India.

Fresh water algae were collected from various parts of Chittoor district and ten taxa belonging to eight genera of Chlorococcales i.e., Pediastrum, Hydrodictyon, Tetradron, Gloeotaenium, Botryococcus, Dimorphococcus, Coelastrum and scenedesmus are reported. Pediastrumtetra, Hydrodictyonreticulatum and Tetradrontrigonum are least known and seven species are first reports from the state of Andhra Pradesh.