J. Bio. & Env. Sci. 2011 66 | Hussain et al. RESEARCH PAPER OPEN ACCESS Fresh water algae of gulbahar, district Peshawar, Pakistan Farrukh Hussain * , Shambaleed Humayun, Niaz Ali, Lal Badshah Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan Received: 02 August 2011 Revised: 19 September 2011 Accepted: 20 September 2011 Key words: Thirty-nine species, cyanophyceae, chlorophyceae, bacillariophyceae. Abstract Thirty nine species were identified from Gulbahar-Peshawar, City. These included Cyanophyceae (12 Spp.), Chlorophyceae (4 Spp.) and Bacillariophyceae (23 Spp.), The important genera were Oscillatoria (7 Spp), Navicula (4 spp), Nitzschia (4 spp), Pinnularia (3 spp), Lyngbya (3 Spp.), Amphora (3 spp), Epithemia (2 spp), and Ulothrix (2 Spp.). Microcystis, Cosmarium, Microspora, Oocystis, Frustulia, Mastoglia, Surirella, Stauroneis, Diploneis, Achnanthes and Cymbella had one species each. The present study will help others to know the ecological distribution of different flora of fresh water algea in gulbahar, Peshawar. Further work is needed to evaluate its medicinal value and other essential aspects. * Corresponding Author: Farrukh Hussain  farrukhbotany@yahoo.com Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES) ISSN: 2220-6663 (Print) 2222-3045 (Online) Vol. 1, No. 5, p. 66-74, 2011 http://www.innspub.net