A. K. Paliwal, Beena Kumari¹, Veena Dixit, Chandrakanta and Usha Yadav²
Department of Botany, Govt. P. G. College, Bageshwar (U. K.)-263642, India
¹ Department of Botany, Hindu P. G. College, Moradabad (U. P.)- India
² Department of Botany, Govt. P. G. College, Khatima, Udhamsingh Nagar (U. K.)- India
Abstract: Floral biodiversity is regulated by climate, altitudinal variation, soil types and rainfall. The present paper describes an account of Lily family species, which are used for various purposes including medicinal found in Bageshwar district of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand is one of the smaller hilly states, which is situated in the northern side of India. It includes 13 important angiospermic Ranunculus species like Allium cepa Linn., A. sativum Linn., Asparagus curillus Buch.-Ham., A.racemosus Willd. L.N. Satawar, Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merill., Fritillaria roylei Hook. F., Gloriosa superba Linn., Polygonatum cirrhifolium Royle. L.N. Ameda, P. multiflorum All., P. verticillatum All. L.N. Mahameda etc. This paper records 04 species which have not been reported by Rao (1960), while 02 species have not been reported by R. Strachey (1906).
Keywords: Biodiversity, Bageshwar, Lily family
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