Distributional records of new and lesser-known angiospermic trees from Uttarakhand, India

Abstract

The state of Uttarakhand has about 4800 species under 213 families, which is about 22 per cent of the total Indian Flora. Most updated information on the floristic account of Uttarakhand is available in a checklist, which includes both wild and cultivated plants, but, without any precise locality. During a floristic survey of Uttarakhand and scrutiny of herbarium specimens, the distribution of twenty-nine species was studied, among them three species, viz., Acacia leucophleoa (Roxb.) Willd., Cordia macleodii (Griff.) Hook.f. & Thoms., and Syzygium heyneanum (Duthie) Wall. ex Gamble have been recorded for the first time in Uttarakhand. Dalbergia latifolia Roxb., so far known under cultivation, is now recorded from Chandi Devi area. Other twenty-three species are rare and restricted in distribution. Localities and a note on each species have been provided. All the species except Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd. and Acacia modesta Wall., are placed according to current nomenclature (POWO).