INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND - Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2017

Pages: 30-34

Date of Publication: 01-Mar-2017

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 OCCURRENCE OF SOLIVA ANTHEMIFOLIA (A. JUSSIEU) R. BROWN (ASTERACEAE) IN EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

Author: Kanchan Lata*

Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics

Abstract:

The genus Soliva Ruiz & Pavon belonging to family Asteraceae of tribe Anthemideae, is represented by eight species distributed mostly in North & South America, Australia and Asia (Mabberley 2005). Only one species of Soliva is so far reported from India. Soliva anthemifolia (A. Jussieu) R. Brown is a prostrate annual herb with homogenous and sessile capitula is native to Galápagos Islands of San Cristobel and Santiago (Ecuador) of South America (Jirgensen & Len-Yrnez 1999). The occurrence of Soliva anthemifolia is first time reported from India from the northern districts of Uttar Pradesh ( Bhattacharyya 1963) .

Keywords: Soliva anthemifolia; wetland; New record; Eastern Uttar Pradesh