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New Plant Records to the Flora of Haryana

Acharya Balkrishna, Bhasker Joshi, Anupam Srivastava, B. K. Shukla

ABSTRACT: During the field survey and plant exploration tour of Morni Hills, Panchkula, Haryana, the authors collected about 2200 field numbers (980 species) during different seasons, out of them 53 species were not reported in the floristic documentation before. The present paper enumerates 53 plant species which are new to the flora of Haryana. Morphological characters, flowering and fruiting time along with ecological notes have also been provided. KEYWORDS: Flora of Haryana, Panchkula, Morni Hills, Shivalik, New Plant Records.

INTRODUCTION

The Morni sub-division (Morni Hills) (30°55’ to 34°45’ N latitude and 70°00’ to 75°15’ E longitude) forms a part of lower Shivalik ranges in district Panchkula, Haryana, India. It has an altitudinal range from 300 to 1400 m above mean sea level. ‘Morni village’ is almost the central point of Morni range which is 35 km away (by road) from Panchkula and 25 km (by road) from Raipur Rani. The river Ghaggar, the glory of Morni hills, separates Morni sub-division from Pinjore sub-division. The summer temperature of Morni range is between 180C to 450C and during winters is 40C to 330C. In the present study 612 genera belonging to 150 families were collected which included 18 Lichens, 12 Bryophytes, 16 Pteridophytes, 03 Gymnosperms and 931 Angiosperms (Flora of Morni Hills, in Press). According to Jain et al. (2000) Flora of Haryana deals with 1003 species of Angiosperms belonging to 586 genera under 132 families. Out of 1003 species, 798 species are of dicotyledons belonging to 105 families and 205 species are of monocotyledons belonging to 24 families. Kumar, S. (2001) enumerated 1062 species under ca 583 genera representing 138 families. Kumar & Nagiyan (2006) reported 370 species of trees and shrubs falling under 241 genera and 71 families. Singh and Vashistha (2014) reported 553 species falling under 95 families from Morni Hills. After the publication of Jain et al. (2000), Kumar, S. (2001), Kumar and Nagiyan (2006), a report published from FRI in 2010 by Negi and Singh and Vashistha (2014) following 53 new records are now being added to the Flora of Haryana.

1. Family: PapaveraceaePapaver dubium L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1196. 1753; Hook.f. & Thomson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 117. 1872.Annual herb, up to 60 cm tall. Flowers reddish, pinkish or pale scarlet with basal dark blotch or spots at the base of petals. Rare in open forest. Flowering and Fruiting: April-August.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-5452. Family: BrassicaceaeCardamine impatiens L., Sp. Pl. 2: 655. 1753; Hook.f. & Anderson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 138. 1872; Hajra & Chowdhery in Sharma, Balakr., Fl. India 2: 114. 1993.Annual or biennial herb, 10–60 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in cultivated fields and wastelands. Flowering and Fruiting: May-July.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-5123. Family: ViolaceaeViola odorata L., Sp. Pl. 934. 1753; Hook.f. & Thomson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 184. 1872; Banerjee & Pramanik in Sharma & Balakr., Fl. India 2: 369. 1993.Annual–perennial, prostrate, acauline herb. Flowers odorous, violet. Common in rock crevices and on hill slopes in Pine forest. Flowering and Fruiting: January-March.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-4204. Family: CaryophyllaceaeCerastium glomeratum Thuill., Fl. Env. Paris ed. 2: 226. 1799; Majumdar in Sharma & Balakr., Fl. India 2: 523. 1993. C. vulgatum var. glomeratum (Thuill.) Edgew. & Hook.f. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 228. 1874.Annual herb, 10–30 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in cultivated fields and wastelands. Flowering and Fruiting: April-July.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-58Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 406. 1819; sensu Edgew. & Hook.f. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 244. 1874. Holosteum cordatum L., Sp. Pl. 88. 1753.

Balkrishna, A., Joshi, B. [*], Srivastava, A. Patanjali Herbal Research Department, Patanjali Research Foundation Trust, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 249405 e-mail: bhaskar.joshi@prft.co.in Shukla, B. K. Ex-SD, Botanical Survey of India, Central Regional Centre, 10 Chatham Lines, Allahabad, 211002.

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Annual herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in cultivated fields, wastelands and along road-sides throughout forest. Flowering and Fruiting: April-December.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-1265. Family: MalvaceaeMalva neglecta Wallr., Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 140. 1824; Paul in Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 359. 1993. M. rotundifolia L., Sp. Pl. 689. 1753, p.p.; Masters in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 320. 1874.Prostrate or decumbent herb, 40-70 cm tall. Flowers purplish or pinkish. Occasional in waste lands. Flowering and Fruiting: February-May.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-54 6. Family: RhamnaceaeVentilago denticulata Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin Neue. Schr. 3: 417. 1801; Bhandari & Bhansali in Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 217. 2000. V. calyculata Tulasne in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 4. 8: 124. 1857; Lawson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 631. 1875.Large, woody liana. Flowers pale-yellow. Rare in mixed dry deciduous forest. Flowering : September-February. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 13 7. Family: VitaceaeAmpelocissus divaricata (Wall. ex Lawson) Planch. in J. Vigne Amér. Vitic. Eur. 8(12): 375. 1884; Shetty & Singh in Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 251. 2000. Vitis divaricata Wall. ex Lawson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 657. 1875. Slender, climbing shrub. Flowers red, fruits dark brown. Common in mixed deciduous forest. Flowering and Fruiting: June-December.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 5098. Family: MoringaceaeMoringa concanensis Nimmo in J. Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 43. 1839, nomen tantum; Dalz. & Gibson, Bombay Fl. 311. 1861; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 45. 1876; Uniyal in Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 515. 2000. Deciduous tree, 10–12 m tall. Flowers pink. Common in mixed forest and along the roadside. Flowering and Fruiting: February-June.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 709. Family: FabaceaeChamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene in Pittonia 4(20D): 27. 1899; Singh, Monograph Indian Cassiinae 67. 2001. Cassia mimosoides L., Sp. Pl. 1: 379. 1753; Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 266. 1878; Sanjappa, Leg. India 17. 1992.Annual herb, up to 60 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Common in open fields and mixed forest. Flowering and Fruiting: July-September.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-416

Desmodium rotundifolium Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 172. 1876. D. ritchiei Sanjappa in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22: 229. 1982. et Leg. India 161. 1982.Annual, prostrate or erect herb, 10–30 cm tall. Flowers pink. Common in open fields, along the roadside and in dry deciduous forest. Flowering and Fruiting: July-October.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-546Galactia tenuiflora (Klein ex Willd.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 206. 1834; Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 192. 1876; Sanjappa, Leg. India 180. 1992. Glycine tenuiflora Klein ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 3(2): 1059. 1802.Perennial, trailing or climbing herb. Flowers reddish-purple. Rare in mixed forest. Flowering and Fruiting: July-December.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-562Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai, Lespedeza Japan Korea 15. 1927. Desmodium thunbergii DC., Prodr. 2: 337. 1825.Perennial undershrub, 1–3 m tall. Flowers reddish–purple. Occasional in cultivated fields. Flowering and Fruiting: July-October.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-368 10. Family: RosaceaeCotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl., Bot. Reg. 13: pl. 1114. 1827; Hook.f, Fl. Brit. India 2: 387. 1878. C. elatus G.Klotz, Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 12(10): 782. 1963. Evergreen shrub, up to 1 m tall. Flowers white. Rare in Pine forest. Flowering and Fruiting: May-September.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-272Fragaria nubicola (Lindl. ex Hook.f.) Lacaita in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 43(293): 467. 1916. Fragaria vesca var. nubicola Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 344. 1878. Annual, stoloniferous herb, 4–25 cm long. Flowers white. Common in shady, moist or grassy localities and forest edges. Flowering and Fruiting: March-June.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-208Potentilla fragarioides L., Sp. Pl. 1: 496. 1753; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 350. 1878. P. sprengeliana Lehm., Monogr. Potentill. 49. 1820. Perennial herb, 15–35 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Common in marshy habitats and dried up ponds and pools. Flowering and Fruiting: April-August.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-550Prinsepia utilis Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 206, pl.38. f.1. 1835; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 323. 1878.Shrub, 1–5 m tall. Flowers white. Rare along roadside and scrub forest. Flowering and Fruiting: April-September.

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Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-304Sibbaldia micropetala (D.Don) Hand.-Mazz., Vegetationsbilder 22(8): 6. 1932; Chatterjee in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 19: 32. 1938. Potentilla micropetala D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 231. 1825; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 352. 1878.Annual, white tomentose herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Rare in meadows on hill slopes and sandy river banks. Flowering and Fruiting: June-August.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-21211. Family: MyrtaceaeSyzygium salicifolium (Wight) J. Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 73. 1839. Eugenia salicifolia Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot.2: 16. 1841. Eugenia heyneana Duthie in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 500. 1879.Semi-deciduous tree, up to 6 m tall. Flowers white. Common along river bank. Flowering and Fruiting: January-June.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-28612. Family: OnagraceaeOenothera rosea L’Hér. ex Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 3. 1789; Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 582. 1879.Annual herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers pink. Common on river bed. Flowering and Fruiting: January-May.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-9913. Family: ApiaceaeCyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P. Wilson, Bot. Porto Rico 6(1): 52. 1925; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 107. 2009. Pimpinella leptophylla Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 324. 1805.Annual herb, 25–45 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in mixed forest areas. Flowering and Fruiting: May-July.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 19914. Family: RubiaceaeOldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 11. 1814; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 65. 1880. Hedyotis diffusa Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 566. 1797.Annual herb, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in wastelands, forest edges and cultivated fields. Flowering and Fruiting: September-March.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-39215. Family: AsteraceaeAcmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass. in Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 331. 1822; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 185. 2009. Spilanthes uliginosa Sw., Prodr.110. 1788. Annual herb, 10–40 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Common in moist places and waste lands. Flowering and Fruiting: April-September.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 278

Blumea laevis (Lour.) Merr. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. n.s. 24: 386. 1935; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 205. 2009. Placus laevis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 497. 1790. Blumea virens DC. in Wight, Contr. Bot. India 14. 1834; Hook.f., FI. Brit. India 3: 264. 1881; Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 143. 1995. Annual herb to under shrub, 10–180 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Common in waste places. Flowering and Fruiting: December-January.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 554Blumea oxyodonta DC. in Wight, Contr. Bot. India 15. 1834; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 266. 1881; Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 139. 1995; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 206. 2009.Prostrate herb up to 60 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Common in waste places. Flowering and Fruiting: February-July.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 552Centratherum punctatum Cass. in Dict. Sci. Nat., ed.2. 7: 384. 1817; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 211. 2009.Annual herb, up to 50 cm tall. Flowers purple. Common in Pine forest (Samlota Temple). Flowering and Fruiting: November-February.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 74Pentanema cernuum (Dalzell) Ling in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10(2): 180. 1965; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 255. 2009. Vicoa cernua Dalzell in Dalzell & Gibson, Bombay Fl. 126 & 314. 1861; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 297. 1881.Annual herb up to 50 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Rare in waste places. Flowering and Fruiting: November-February.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 21716. Family: BoraginaceaeEhretia aspera Roxb., Cor. Pl. 1. p.41. t.55. 1795; Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 142. 1883.Deciduous tree, up to 10 m tall. Flowers white. Rare in mixed, dry deciduous forest. Flowering and Fruiting: September-January.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-20117. Family: ConvolvulaceaeIpomoea hederifolia L., Syst. Nat. ed.10. 2: 925. 1759. I. coccinea auct. non L.; Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 199. 1883.Annual, climbing herb. Flowers red. Common among bushes, in waste places and fringes of forest. Flowering and Fruiting: August-November.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-38418. Family: ScrophulariaceaeBuddleja crispa Benth., Scroph. Ind. 43. 1835; Clarke in

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Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 81. 1883.Densely tomentose, bushy shrub, up to 3 m tall. Flowers purple. Rare in mixed forest.Flowering and Fruiting: April-June.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-13819. Family: OrobanchaceaeStriga densiflora (Benth.) Benth., Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 363. 1836; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 299. 1884. Buchnera densiflora Benth., Scroph. Ind. 41. 1835.Annual, small herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers white. Rare as a root parasite on solanaceous plants. Flowering and Fruiting: September - December.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-56320. Family: AcanthaceaeLepidagathis cristata Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 400. 1800; Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 516. 1885; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 30. 2009.Perennial, woody, spiny under-shrub, up to 1.5 m tall. Flowers white. Common in wasteland and open forest areas. Flowering and Fruiting: December-May.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 69 Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 18. 1864; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 61. 2009. Meyenia erecta Benth., Niger Fl. 476. 1849.Glabrous, upright, up to 1.25 m tall undershrub. Flowers purple-blue to dark blue. Common in mixed, dry deciduous forest. Flowering: November-March.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-43621. Family: LamiaceaeAjuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 58. 1830; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 704. 1885. Ajuga sikkimensis Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 114. 1865.Annual, erect or prostrate herb, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers purple. Common in moist and shady areas. Flowering and Fruiting: Almost throughout the year.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 121Leucas chinensis (Retz.) Sm., Cycl. 20: 8. 1812; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 681. 1885. Phlomis chinensis Retz., Observ. Bot.2: 19. 1781.Annual herb, 15-30 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in open fields and wastelands. Flowering and Fruiting: September-April.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 156Ocimum gratissimum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1197. 1753; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 608. 1885.Undershrub, 1-1.5 m tall. Flowers white. Common in wastelands and along roadside.Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout the year.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 4922. Family: Plantaginaceae

Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 1065, 1338. 1903. Erinus procumbens Mill., Gard. Dict. ed.8. no. 6. 1768. Annual, small, procumbent herb. Flowers yellow. Common in moist, shady habitats and ravine slopes. Flowering and Fruiting: September-December.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 568 23. Family: MoraceaeFicus lacor Buch.-Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 150 1827; King in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 513. 1888. F. avium Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 4: 85. 1927.Deciduous tree, up to 15 m tall. Figs purple, 12-15 mm in diameter. Common in mixed forest. Flowering and Fruiting: October-June.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-78Ficus subincisa Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in Rees, Cycl. 14: 91. 1810. F. clavata Wall. ex Miq. in Hook., London J. Bot. 7: 431. 1848; King in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 520. 1888.Deciduous tree, up to 4 m tall. Figs reddish orange, 0.6–2.5 cm in diameter. Occasional in mixed forest. Flowering and Fruiting: April-May; October-November.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-152 24. Family: SalicaceaeSalix acmophylla Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1(7): 98. 1846; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 628. 1888.Tree, 4–5 m tall. Occasional along the river beds. Flowering and Fruiting: February-June.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-8725. Family: DioscoreaceaeDioscorea alata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1033. 1753; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 296. 1892. Large, tuberous climber. Common on trees in mixed deciduous forest. Flowering and Fruiting: July-March.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-309 26. Family: AsparagaceaeDipcadi serotinum (L.) Medik. in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 431. 1790; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 346. 1892. Hyacinthus serotinus L., Sp. Pl. 317. 1753.Annual herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers brown. Common in mixed deciduous forest. Flowering and Fruiting: February-May.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-551 27. Family: AraceaeRemusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott in Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 18. 1832; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 521. 1893. Arum viviparum Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 65. 1814. Perennial, tuberous herb up to 50 cm tall. Common on shady, moist slopes in forest area.Flowering and Fruiting: July-August.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-388

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Papaver dubium L.

Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

Ventilago denticulata Willd.

Cardamine impatiens L.

Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult.

Ampelocissus divaricata (Wall. ex Lawson) Planch.

Viola odorata L.

Malva neglecta Wallr.

Moringa concanensis Nimmo

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Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene

Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai.

Potentilla fragarioides L.

Desmodium rotundifolium Baker

Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl.

Prinsepia utilis Royle

Galactia tenuiflora (Klein ex Willd.) Wight & Arn.

Fragaria nubicola (Lindl. ex Hook.f.) Lacaita

Sibbaldia micropetala (D.Don) Hand.-Mazz.

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Syzygium salicifolium (Wight) J. Graham

Blumea laevis (Lour.) Merr.

Pentanema cernuum (Dalzell) Ling

Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P. Wilson

Blumea oxyodonta DC.

Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb.

Centratherum punctatum Cass.

Oenothera rosea L’Hér. ex Aiton

Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.

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Buddleja crispa Benth.

Striga densiflora (Benth.) Benth. Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson

Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth.

Lepidagathis cristata Willd.

Leucas chinensis (Retz.) Sm.

Ehretia aspera Roxb. Ipomoea hederifolia L.

Ocimum gratissimum L.

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Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham. Ficus subincisa Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.

Salix acmophylla Boiss. Dioscorea alata L.

Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott Cyperus odoratus L.

Dipcadi serotinum (L.) Medik.

Fimbristylis aphylla Steud.

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Capillipedium parviflorum (R.Br.) Stapf Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin. Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka

Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. Setaria palmifolia (J.Koenig) Stapf

Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud.

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28. Family: CyperaceaeCyperus odoratus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 46. 1753; Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 608. 1893.Annual, erect herb. Common in open wastelands and marshy habitats along the bank of canals, rivers and slow running water streams.Flowering and Fruiting: July-November.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-565Fimbristylis aphylla Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 114. 1855; Kern in Blumea 8: 117. 1955. F. quinquangularis var. crassa Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 644. 1893.Perennial, rhizomatous herb. Common in marshy places.Flowering and Fruiting: February-June.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-54029. Family: PoaceaeCapillipedium parviflorum (R.Br.) Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 169. 1917; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 112. 1960. Holcus parviflorus R. Br., Prodr.199. 1810. Andropogon micranthus Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 165. 1829; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind: 7: 178. 1896.Perennial, tufted, grass. Common in grassland and open forest.Flowering and Fruiting: August-December.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 570 Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin., Fund. Agrost. 188. 1820; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 115. 1960. Andropogon aciculatus Retz., Obs. Bot. 5: 22. 1789; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 188. 1896.Perennial, grass with extensively creeping rhizomes. Common in mixed forest in hill slopes.Flowering and Fruiting: August-November.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 506Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 357. 1906; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 126. 1960. Andropogon citratus DC., Cat. Hort. Monsp. 78. 1813.Perennial, shortly rhizomatous grass. Common in sandy soil near humid habitats.Flowering and Fruiting: August-December.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 337Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol. ed.2, 1: 52. 1771; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 304. 1960. Panicum sanguinale L., Sp. Pl. 57. 1753. Paspalum sanguinale (L.) Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 176 1791; Hook.f., Fl, Brit. India 7: 13. 1896.Annual, grass up to 50 cm tall. Common in humid habitats, wastelands and in forest undergrowth.Flowering and Fruiting: August-October.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 497Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka, Biblioth. Bot. 38: 55. 1988. Saccharum repens Willd., Sp. Pl.1(1): 322. 1797. Tricholaena wightii Nees & Arn. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 93. 1854; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 65. 1896. Rhynchelytrum repens

(Willd.) C.E. Hubb. in Kew Bull. 1934: 110. 1934; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 355. 1960.Annual or loosely tufted short-lived perennial, herb, up to 1 m tall. Commonly grows in open forest.Flowering and Fruiting: August-November.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 402Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 103. 1854; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 344. 1960. Pennisetum alopecuros Steud., l.c . 102, non Jacq. 1854; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 84. 1896.Perennial, grass forming large tussocks with thick tough roots, up to 2 m tall. Common in moist and humid places and open grasslands.Flowering and Fruiting: September-January.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-498Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3,1(2-3): 184. 1834; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 86. 1896; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 346. 1960.Perennial grass, up to 1 m tall. Common in moist and humid places.Flowering and Fruiting: August-January.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 476Setaria palmifolia (J.Koenig) Stapf in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42(285): 186. 1914; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 363. 1960. Panicum palmifolium J. Koenig, Naturforscher 23: 208. 1788. P. plicatum sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7:55. 1896, p.p., non Lam. 1797.Perennial, grass with a short knotty rhizome. Common in open waste places and along the roadside.Flowering and Fruiting: September-December.Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-543

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Authors are grateful to Swami Ramdev Ji, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar for providing all the necessary facilities for research work in Morni Hills forest and Patanjali Research Foundation, Haridwar.

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