An attempt has been made to prepare a detailed account on weed flora of Madhya Pradesh. In the present paper 171 Angiospermic weed plant species belonging to 134 genera and 50 families are described. Of these, 123 species are herb, 25 shrubs and under shrub, 14 climbers, 5 grasses, 3 sedges and 1 twiner. The information has been gathered by field survey and from available literature.
Floristic diversity; Weed Plants; Madhya Pradesh
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Manuscript Published on 22 March 2017
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