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Volume 63, Issue 1, July 2021

Articles

Taxonomic Account of Genus Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae) in Jammu and Kashmir

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v63/2021/152063

Published 2021-07-31

  • Shugufta Rasheed
    • ,
  • Anzar A. Khuroo
    • ,
  • Aijaz H. Ganie
    • ,
  • Zeenat Ismail
    • ,
  • Muzamil Yousuf
    • ,
  • T. H. Dar
    • ,
  • Mohd S. Dar

Shugufta Rasheed
Centre for Biodiversity & Taxonomy, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190 006, J & K

Anzar A. Khuroo
Centre for Biodiversity & Taxonomy, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190 006, J & K

Aijaz H. Ganie
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Kargil Campus-194105, J & K

Zeenat Ismail
Centre for Biodiversity & Taxonomy, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190 006, J & K

Muzamil Yousuf
Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, Manigam-191201, J & K

T. H. Dar
Centre for Biodiversity Studies, BGSB University, Rajouri-185131, J & K

Mohd S. Dar
Centre for Biodiversity & Taxonomy, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190 006, J & K

Abstract

A taxonomic account of the genus Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae) in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is presented here. The genus is represented by four species in the Union Territory i.e., Alternanthera philoxeroides Griseb., A. sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC., A. pungens Kunth and A. paronychioides A.St.-Hil. of which A. paronychioides and A. pungens are recorded for the first time from the Union Territory and Kashmir region, respectively. A brief description, updated nomenclature, key to the species, phenology and representative photographs are provided in the present communication.

Keywords

Flora, Kashmir, New Records, Nomenclature, Western Himalaya.

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