Compsopogon indicus Das

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 : 9

= Compsopogon indicus Das

Das 1963, p. 242, figs 1–3, as Compsopogon indica ; Ott 2009, p. 48.

Distribution in India: West Bengal (Kolkata, Haltu, Eden pools, Behala and Budge Budge).

= Compsopongon iyengarii Krishnamurthy

Krishnamurthy 1953, p.369, figs 1–44 (as Compsopogon sp. ); Krishnamurthy 1957, p. 402, (validated as a new species, C. iyengarii , with holotype specimen and Latin diagnosis); Krishnamurthy 1962a, p. 219, Pl. 4, fig.1; Patel 1965, p. 644, figs1–7; Khan 1970, p. 249: Pandey et al. 1973, p. 800, figs 4–6; Pandey et al. 1976, p. 239, figs 1–28; Sinha & Srivatsava 1978, p. 93, figs a, b; Shukla & Shukla 1987, p. 84; Desikachary et al. 1990, Part II A, p. 25, Pl. I; fig. 3 G–M; Ott, 2009, p. 49.

Distribution in India: Bihar (given as new, but unnamed as a variety of C. iyengarii growing at Daha river at Nathuchhap village. Dec-Jan. reaching its peak in mid-Apr.); Gujarat (Koteshwar, near Ambaji near Saraswati Mukh in running water, Feb. and Oct.); Uttarakhand (Dehradun in quick flowing streams of an outlet of Dehradun water works (Aug. to Oct.); Uttar Pradesh (river Yamuna at Allahabad, on snails, Hydrilla and Vallisneria . Apr.to early Jun.; Kanpur, Jal Sansthan Aug.to Dec.); Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Adyar river in flowing water, Jan.).

= Composopogon prolificus Yadava & Kumano

Yadava & Pandey 1977, p. 713, figs 1–2. (as Compsopogon sp. ); Yadava & Kumano 1985, p. 14, figs 1–31; Yadava 1988, p. 127, figs 1–8; Yadava 1991, p. 72, figs 1–5; Yadava & Yadav 1998, p. 98, figs 1–25; Kumano 2002, p. 24, Pl. 7 b, figs 1–7; Ott 2009, p. 48.

Distribution in India: Uttar Pradesh (Allahabad, outlet of water channel from tube-well, present throughout the year).