This book deals with 86 species and 4 subspecies of sedges and 234 species and 2 varieties of Grasses of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Though it cover mostly four districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi region) but it may be considered for eastern Uttar Pradesh because the climatic conditions of other areas of eastern Uttar Pradesh are more or less similar to the area covered. Besides the systematic treatments, General description, Climate, Previous study, Morphology, flowering and fruiting time, Habitat, Distribution etc. of each taxon have been described. Appendices includes check-list of sedges and grasses of 7 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Upper Gangetic Plan, Uttar Pradesh and India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ajai Kumar Singh
Dr. Ajai Kumar Singh is a reader in the Department of Botany, Udai Pratap Autonomous College, Varanasi. Dr. Singh studied in the DDU Gorakhpur University, Gprakhpur (U.P.) for his undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. degrees. He has been actively engaged in researchers from 24 years on Morphology, taxonomy, Floristics and Ethnobotany. He has attended various national and international seminars. He is a life member of Indian association of Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) and Indian Science Congress Association. Dr. Singh has published over 25 scientific papers in journals of international repute and contributed invited articles to books published from India and abroad. Four students have been awarded Ph.D. under his supervision and another 3 are nearing completion.
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