Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist

by B.P. Uniyal, D.K. Purohit, J.R. Sharma, U. Choudhery

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Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000 as a separate state. The state is predominantly mountainous with exception in the south where plain areas occur. The state encompasses two phytogeographical regions, the Siwaliks and the Western Himalayas, a storehouse of plant wealth. The altitudinal variation and varied topography make the state floristically a rich area. The state has no published flora of its own, therefore it was decided to compile a checklist of flowering plants of the state. The present book enumerates more than 4700 species of flowering plants under 1523 genera and 223 families of angiosperms and gymnosperms. Hope it will be useful to researchers, foresters, and other interested in nature and will lead to the publication of a detailed flora.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.P. Uniyal

Sri B.P. Uniyal is a retired Botanist and worked with the Botanical Survey of India in different capacities. He joined the department inApril 1964 at Northern circle. Dehradun and also worked at Eastern circle, Shillong and Central National Herbarium, Howrah for brief periods. During his active service he explored parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Uttaranchal and collected thousands of specimens. He also participated in the Panchachuli Multi-Dimensional expeditioin organized by the Army in 1998. He is author of 11 books and co-editor of three volumes of Flora of India. He has also published abkut 40 research papers in different Indian and foreign scientific journals.