Research Article | Published: 25 June 2018

Checklist of Angiosperms in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Rajesh Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar Verma and Kumar Avinash Bharati

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 41 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 179-194 | 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2018-HT20FG | Cite this article

Abstract

Floristic surveys were carried out in the Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh from 2009 to 2012. The vegetation of this region is dry deciduous and this is the first exclusive floristic study in the district. The paper enumerates 527 species of angiosperms found as wild or naturalized in the study area. These species are distributed in 346 genera and 94 families. Out of them, 78 families, 271 genera and 411 species  belong to dicotyledons and 16 families, 75 genera and 116 species to monocotyledons. The proportion of monocotyledons to the dicotyledons is 1:3.5 and genus to species is 1:1.5. Families with maximum number of species are Fabaceae (61), Poaceae (53) and Asteraceae (50), which together represent 31.1% of all the species. Orchidaceae, the most dominating family of India is represented by only one member, i.e., Zeuxine strateumatica of the total species 381 species are herbs (72.43%), 55(10.45%) is shrub, 52 (9.88%) trees and 38 (7.22%) climbers. According to IUCN criteria one species is classified as Data Deficient and 43 species as Least Concern.

Keywords

Flora; Diversity, Biological conservation, Angiosperm; Upper Gangetic plain, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, IUCN Red List

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Kumar, R., Verma, A.K. and Bharati, K.A., 2018. Checklist of Angiosperms in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 41(2), pp.179-194. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2018-HT20FG

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