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This book on Rosaceae of Sikkim (including Brachycaulaceae the sixth largest family of this Himalayan state, deals with the taxonomic account of 30 genera, 185 species, 3 subsp. and 31 varieties. Rosaceae are one of the major families of flowering plants and widespread over a large part of the world hosting a large number of genera, which are cultivated either as ornamental or for supplying useful products ranging from timber to edible fruits and medicine. The ...
This book is the outcome of the hard work of Dr. Anis Ahmad Ansari, which earned him the Ph. D. degree of Gorakhpur University. It is the first book on the flowering plants of this region of the Uttar Pradesh State. It will be of much use to the foresters and researchers as well.
The book embodies details of 113 taxa (93 species, l subspecies, 17 varieties and 2 formae) of Crotalaria L., the largest legume genus in India. Leguminosae are the third dominant angiospermic family and second to Graminae for food. Besides, hosting a large number of endemic species, the Indian subcontinent is the centre of origin and diversity of a number of cultivated legume crops. A part from their value, there is a great concern for the severe erosion of ...