Angiospermic Biodiversity of Lucknow Areas of Uttar Pradesh, India
B. P. Singh *
State Institute for Management of Agriculture (SIMA), Rehmankhera, Lucknow, India.
Ajay Krishna
State Institute for Management of Agriculture (SIMA), Rehmankhera, Lucknow, India.
S. C. Singh
State Institute for Management of Agriculture (SIMA), Rehmankhera, Lucknow, India.
Sujit Kumar
U. P. Council of Agricultural Research, Lucknow, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The total angiospermic floral biodiversity of Lucknow district including indigenous, naturalised and cultigens comprises over 1263 plant species covering 705 genera and 140 families of which 989 species are dicotyledons and 274 species are monocotyledons. The monocotyledons are poorly represented except Poaceae and Cyperaceae. Of the 274 species of monocotyledons, 176 species belong to these two families while 98 species represent 23 different families. Poaceae is the largest family followed by Leguminosae (s.l.), Asteraceae, etc. and Euphorbia is the largest genus followed by Cassia, Cyperus, etc.
Keywords: Biodiversity, angiosperm, monocotyledons, dicotyledons, Lucknow