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A.K. VERMA, O.N MAURYA, SANJAY MISHR AAND KUMAR AVINASH BHARATI
Department of Botany, Siddharth University, Kapilvastu, Siddharth Nagar-272202.
Tropical forests of Chhattisgarh are known for rich floristic diversity and many important protected forests of central India. An updated annotated checklist is provided for the family Cyperaceae, Eriocaulaceae, and Potamogetonaceae of Chhattisgarh It has breen prepared with the help of herbarium specimens housed in BSA and relevant literatures pertaining to the floristic diversity of the state. A total of 118 taxa (species, subspecies and varieties), representing 15 genera under 3 families are provided in the present communication. Family Cyperaceae has 104 taxa, Eriocaulaceae has 13 taxa and Potamogetonaceae has 5 taxa. At generic level remarkable diversity has been recorded in Cyperus (37 species and one variety) and Fimbristylis (21 species and one subspecies). The distribution of taxa is highest in Raipur (75 taxa), followed by Bilaspur (70 taxa), Bastar (64 taxa), Surguja (48 taxa), Raigarh (47 taxa), Dantewada (44 taxa), etc.
KEYWORDS: Angiosperm; Monocotyledons; Flora; Diversity; Ecosystem.