2024 Vol. 30 No.1 PP 57-65
https://doi.org/10.33451/florafauna.v30i1pp57-65
Annotated checklist of Indigenous and Alien Dicotyledonous Agrestal Weeds of Rabi in Uttar Pradesh, India
*Shivani Kashyap, Anu Verma, *Vashist Narayan Pandey1 and Lal Babu Chaudhary2
Plant Diversity, Systematic & Herbarium Division,
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute,
LUCKNOW (UP)-226001, INDIA
1Experimental Botany and Nutraceutical Laboratory,
Department of Botany, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University,
GORAKHPUR-273009 (UP), INDIA
23/18 Lekhraj Enclave, Sector-2,
Vikas Nagar, LUCKNOW-226022 (UP), INDIA
*Corresponding Author :
E-mail:shivaniccrh@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The present study enumerates the diversity of indigenous and alien agrestal weeds of rabi crops in Uttar Pradesh, India.
After a detailed survey of 5 years during 2018–2023, a total of 88 species of weeds belonging to 75 genera and 30 families were
documented. In accordance to APG IV classification, the documented weeds are distributed across six major clades; the Malvids
and Lamiids with 27 and 19 species respectively, followed by Campanulid (19 species), Fabids (18 species), Eudicots (Four
species) and Asterid (one species).
KEY WORDS : Detrimental, Dicotyledonous weed, Identification, Invasive, Uses