Audouinella indica (Raikwar) Garbary

Ganesan, E. K., West, John A. & Jr, Orlando Necchi, 2018, A catalogue and bibliography of non-marine (freshwater and estuarine) Rhodophyta (red algae) of India, Phytotaxa 364 (1), pp. 1-48 : 12

Audouinella indica (Raikwar) Garbary

Garbary, 1987, p. 92.

Taxonomic synonyms: Acrochaetium indica Raikwar 1962, p.102 , figs 1–18; Singh et al. 1983, p. 203, 37 figs in 6 Pls; Tiwari & Pandey 1983, p. 204. Pl. 1, figs 1–7, Pl. 2, figs 8–13, Pl.3, figs 14–19, Pl. 4, figs 20–24, Pl.5, figs 25–30, pl. 6, figs 31–37; Desikachary et al. 1990, Part II A, p. 76, fig. 12 J–O; Kumano 2002, p. 59, Pl. 30, figs 1–10; Pseudochantransia indica (Raikwar) Ott 2009, p. 378 .

Distribution in India: Madhya Pradesh (Bichhia River at Rewa, dark bluish black to dirty coloured, appearing in Sep. and peaking in Nov.–Dec); Uttar Pradesh (Anarkali Tal, Bahraich district, on dead aquatic plants. Oct.).

Notes: This freshwater “ Acrochaetium ” species from India had been studied in detail over a number of years. Singh et al. (1983) observed for the first time what they called “gemmules”, as perennating bodies in the off-season warmer months. Based on observations for three years, Singh et al. (1983) were of the opinion that A. sarmaii and A. godwardensis were conspecific with A. indica , since there were no significant differences in vegetative morphology, anatomy or monsoporangial shape and size.