For well-being of the society and development of the nation, this invaluable compendium providing the users for the first time with exhaustive details of the underutilized 203 Himalayan Wetland plants belonging to 156 genera under 66 families with predominance of polypetalous group. Supplemented with updated nomenclatural details, vernaculars, English, Hindi, Sanskrit and regional names, distribution, description, flowering and fruiting, habitat ecology, part/s used, folk uses, chemical constituents, biological activity, uses in literature; 222 photographs contained in 40 plates, 24 figures, 82 tables, 4 useful appendices and total importance values (TIV) of the wetland plants of the area incorporated to enhance the value of the compilation significantly. It is hoped that this vital reference should appeal to students and researchers of ethnobotany, economic botany, bioresources, traditional universities, phytomedicines, Indian systems of medicines, plant genetic resources, biochemistry, biotechnology; pharmaceutical houses, scientists, policy planners, institutional libraries and laymen alike and will certainly become a standard reference for many decades.
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Wetland plants for sustenance of mankind. 3. Conclusion and prospects. Appendices. Index. Plates.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Romita Sharma
Ms. Romita Sharma is a postgraduate from Himachal University. She obtained her M.Phil. specializing in Ethnobotany. At present, she is pursuing her doctoral work in the department.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S K Sood
Dr. S.K. Sood is Professor of Botany at the Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He obtained his M.Sc. (1974) and M. Phil. (1976) from Himachal Pradesh University and Ph.D. (1981) from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, specializing in Plant Systematics and Embryology. For his post-doctoral, he underwent specialized training in Ethnobotany. He has had a brilliant academic career followed by over 25 years of teaching and conducting research in Botany at Postgraduate as well as research levels. Dr. Sood has guided about 10 M. Phil and 12 Ph.D. students and published numerous research papers in various national and international journals. He has attended and participated in many seminars, workshops and conferences. He is also associated with many educational and research bodies in India and abroad. A prolific writer, his book Ethnobotany of Cold Desert Tribes of Lahoul-Spiti (N.W. Himalaya): Deep Publications, New Delhi, 2001, was widely acclaimed. His current major interests are in the theory and practice of systematics, flora of North-West Himalaya, ethnic tribes and conservation research.
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