Abstract:

Anhui Province is situated in the subtropical and temperate zones. With favorable

climate this district is rich in algae.  During 1982-1986, the author made a number of collec-

tions of the algal specimens-about 1000 samples from 36 counties and cities of the pro-

vince.  The identification result shows that there are about 30 species and 15 varieties of Scene-

desmus in the province.

     In present paper, however, reported are only some new taxa and new records of Scene-

desmus.  The 4 new species are Scenedesmus anhuiensis, S. huangshanensis, S.  quadrialatus

and S. wuhuensis, the 2 new varieties are Scenedesmus prismaticus var. spinosus and S. smithii

var. spinulosus, and the 4 new records of distribution in China are Scenedesmus denticulatus

var. australis Playfair, S. prismaticus Bruhl et Biswas, S. quadricauda var. dentatus  Deduss

and S. smithii Teiling.

Key words: Anhui, Scenedesmus, New taxa