Angiospermic Biodiversity of Lucknow Areas of Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

The total angiospermic floral biodiversity of Lucknow district including indigenous, naturalised and cultigens comprises over 1263 plant species covering 705 genera and 140 families of which 989 species are dicotyledons and 274 species are monocotyledons. The monocotyledons are poorly represented except Poaceae and Cyperaceae. Of the 274 species of monocotyledons, 176 species belong to these two families while 98 species represent 23 different families. Poaceae is the largest family followed by Leguminosae (s.l.), Asteraceae, etc. and Euphorbia is the largest genus followed by Cassia, Cyperus, etc.