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