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Online ISSN : 2349-8080 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorinchiefijcrbp@gmail.com |
Invasive alien plant species are commonly exposed to attack and recognized as pressures moving the ecosystem properties and enemy with natural flora of wetlands. During the inspection of a total of 78 invasive alien species belonging to 60 genera under 28 families were recorded. The dicots represented by 68 species and monocots represented by 10 species among these 90% of herbs, 9% of shrubs and 1% small tree. Asteraceae was the most dominant family with 14 species followed by Amaranthaceae of 8 species, Malvaceae of 7 species, Solanaceae of 6, Euphorbiaceae of 5, Cyperaceae of 5, Fabaceae of 4, Poaceae of 3 and Apiaceae of 2 etc. On the basis of their nativity of all the taxa have been categorised into major groups viz., America, Australia. Africa, Asia, Brazil, China, Europe, Eurasia, Mediterrenian and Mexico etc. The present study deals with inclusive list and status of invasive plant species of Eastern Uttar Pradesh along with their life form, nativity, uses, habitat, categories etc.
