A synoptic account of flora of Jessore Wildlife Sanctuary in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India
Keywords:
Jessore Wildlife Sanctuary (JWS), Flora, Banaskantha, GujaratAbstract
The investigation was carried out in order to explore the existing floristic composition in Jessore Wildlife Sanctuary (JWS) forest area of Banaskantha district, Gujarat. The study has been undertaken to bring out a scientific and comprehensive account of the flora of the forest. The vegetation was arid to semiarid and dry deciduous, thorny scrub type. The present paper deals with 737 wild plant species (including 14 subspecies and 54 varieties) belonging to 424 genera and 113 families of angiosperms plants. Among them, 597 species of Dicotyledons and 140 species of Monocotyledons are encountered. Among 113 families, Papilionaceae, Poaceae, Asteraceae, Acanthaceae and Cyperaceae are the most dominant family.
Downloads
References
Anonymus. North Gujarat Biodiversity Project. GUIDE, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, 2007.
Anonymus. A draft report on Biodiversity study on Jessore Wildlife Sanctuary. GEER, Foundation, Gandhinagar, 2010.
Ant HM. Ethnobotanical studies of Angiosperms of Arawally hills, Dist. Banaskantha, Gujarat. Ph.D. thesis, Hem. North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 2001.
Abraham A, Vatsala P. An introduction to orchids with Illustrations and description of 150 South Indian Orchids, Tropical Bot. Garden and Research Institute, Trivandrum, 1981.
Bentham G, Hooker JD. Genera Plantarum, 1862-1883, Vol. I-III.
Bhandari MM. Flora of the Indian Desert. MPS Repros, Jodhpur, India. (Reprint), 1995.
Bole PV, Pathak JM. Flora of Saurashtra, Part-II & III. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, 1988.
Chakravarty HL. Cucurbitaceae in SK Jain (ed.) Fascicles of Flora of India, 11, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, 1982.
Champion, Seth. Revised Classification of Forest types, 1966.
Cook CDK. Aquatic and wetland plants of India, Oxford University Press Inc. New York, 1996.
Cooke TH. The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay, Vol. I-III, Calcutta (Reprinted), 1958.
Dabgar PJ. Phytosociological study of Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary, North Gujarat. Ph.D. thesis, Hem. North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 2009.
Hutchinson J. Families of Flowering Plants. Oxford, 1959, Vol. I and II.
Jagtap AP, Singh NP. Flora of India: Fascicle 24. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, 1999.
Jain SK, Rao RR. Field and Herbarium Methods. Today and Tomorrow Printers and Publishers, New Delhi, 1977.
Meena SL. A checklist of the Vascular Plants of Banaskantha District, Gujarat, India, Nelumbo. 2012;54:39-91.
Meena SL. Floristic diversity of Jessore Sloth Bear Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India. Biological Forum. 2012;4(1):180-212.
Meena SL, Pandey RP. A reassessment of phyto diversity of Gujarat State: Floristic composition and analysis, vegetation, threatened and rare taxa and their conservation strategies. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. 2004;28(4):867-894.
Pandey RP, Singh V. Gujarat: Floristic diversity and conservation strategies in India. In V. Mudgal & P. K. Hajara. Flora of India. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. 1999;2:775-806.
Patel AH. Floristic and Ecological studies of reserve forest of Vadgam taluka of Banaskantha district, North Gujarat. Ph.D. thesis, Hem. North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 2012.
Patel A. Floral Biodiversity of Jessore Sanctuary of Banaskantha District, Gujarat. Ph.D. thesis, Hem. North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 2012.
Patel JN. Studies on Aquatic flora diversity and Physicochemical properties of water from selected areas of Banaskantha district, North Gujarat. Ph.D. thesis, Hem. North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 2011.
Patel KC. Floristic and Ethnobotanical study of Danta forest range, District Banaskantha. Ph.D. thesis, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, 2003.
Patel KM. Floristic Diversity and Ethnobotany of Amirgadh Range Forest in Banaskantha District (Gujarat). Ph.D. thesis, Hem. North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 2008.
Patel NK. Study of Angiospermic plants with relation to Phytosociological and Ethnobotanical study of Danta Taluka, dist. Banaskantha, Ph.D. thesis, North Gujarat University, Patan, 2001.
Patel RS. Floristic and Ethnobotanical study of Ambaji forest range, District Banaskantha. Ph.D. thesis, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, 2003.
Patel SL. A Botanical investigation on Climbing Plants of Gujarat. Ph.D. Thesis. Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, Gujarat, 2013.
Pilo B, Pathak BJ, Kumar BA, Muruksan VK, Vinod KR, Kumari S. Biological diversity of Gujarat – Current knowledge. Gujarat Ecological Commission, Vadodara, 1996.
Raghvan RS, Wadhwa BM, Ansari MY, Rao RS. A check list of plants of Gujarat. Rec. Bot. Surv. India. 1981;21(2):1-127.
Santapau H. Botanical collectors manual. Pp 62. Min. of Natural Resources and Science Research, New Delhi, 1955.
Saxton WT, Sedgwick LJ. Plants of Northern Gujarat, Bot. Survey of India. 1918;6(7):209-323 and 1-13.
Saxton WT. Additional notes on plants of Northern Gujarat. Rec. Bot. Survey of India. 1922;9:251-262.
Shah GL. Flora of Gujarat State, Vol. I & II., Sardar Patel University, Press, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, 1978.
Shetty BV, Singh V. Flora of Rajasthan Vol. I, II, III. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, 1987, 1991, 1993.
Singh AP, Parabia M. The floral diversity of Gujarat State: A review. Indian Forester. 2003;129(12):1461-1469.
Singh V. Flora of India – Series 3- Flora of Banswara, Rajasthan. BSI, Howrah, Calcutta, 1983.
Yogi DV. A contribution to the flora of North Gujarat. Ph.D. Thesis, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh vidhyanagar, 1970.
