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Volume 51, December 2009

Articles

Phytodiversity of the Narayan Sarovar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kachchh, Gujarat, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v51/2009/58071

Published 2009-12-07

  • R. P. Pandey
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  • V. Singh
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  • P. J. Parmar

R. P. Pandey
Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, Jodhpur 342 008

V. Singh
Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, Jodhpur 342 008

P. J. Parmar
Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, Jodhpur 342 008

Abstract

The present paper deals with an account of vegetation, floral composition and analysis, forest types and its associations. It comprises 455 species of vascular plants, under to 247 genera and 74 families. Besides this, important economic plants of bioperspective nature, a list of 13 cultivated/crop plants and their 14 wild relatives, 39 rare, threatened and endemic taxa which need effective conservation measures for maintenance of germplasm.

Keywords

Gujarat, Kachchh, Narayan Sarovar Wildlife Sanctuary, Phytodiversity, Rare, Threatened.

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