Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018

New 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 thefloraof 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 1. Family: Papaveraceae Papaver dubium L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1196. 1753; Hook.f. & Thomson The Morni sub-division (Morni Hills) (30°55’ to 34°45’ N in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 117. 1872. latitude and 70°00’ to 75°15’ E longitude) forms a part of Annual herb, up to 60 cm tall. Flowers reddish, pinkish or pale lower Shivalik ranges in district Panchkula, Haryana, India. It scarlet with basal dark blotch or spots at the base of petals. Rare has an altitudinal range from 300 to 1400 m above mean sea in open forest. level. ‘Morni village’ is almost the central point of Morni range Flowering and Fruiting: April-August. which is 35 km away (by road) from Panchkula and 25 km (by Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-545 road) from Raipur Rani. The river Ghaggar, the glory of Morni 2. Family: Brassicaceae hills, separates Morni sub-division from Pinjore sub-division. Cardamine impatiens L., Sp. Pl. 2: 655. 1753; Hook.f. & The summer temperature of Morni range is between 180C to Anderson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 138. 1872; Hajra & 450C and during winters is 40C to 330C. In the present study Chowdhery in Sharma, Balakr., Fl. India 2: 114. 1993. 612 genera belonging to 150 families were collected which Annual or biennial herb, 10–60 cm tall. Flowers white. Common included 18 Lichens, 12 Bryophytes, 16 Pteridophytes, 03 in cultivated fields and wastelands. Gymnosperms and 931 Angiosperms (Flora of Morni Hills, in Flowering and Fruiting: May-July. Press). According to Jain et al. (2000) Flora of Haryana deals Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-512 with 1003 species of Angiosperms belonging to 586 genera 3. Family: Violaceae under 132 families. Out of 1003 species, 798 species are of Viola odorata L., Sp. Pl. 934. 1753; Hook.f. & Thomson in dicotyledons belonging to 105 families and 205 species are of Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 184. 1872; Banerjee & Pramanik in monocotyledons belonging to 24 families. Kumar, S. (2001) Sharma & Balakr., Fl. India 2: 369. 1993. enumerated 1062 species under ca 583 genera representing Annual–perennial, prostrate, acauline herb. Flowers odorous, 138 families. Kumar & Nagiyan (2006) reported 370 species violet. Common in rock crevices and on hill slopes in Pine of trees and shrubs falling under 241 genera and 71 families. forest. Singh and Vashistha (2014) reported 553 species falling under Flowering and Fruiting: January-March. 95 families from Morni Hills. After the publication of Jain et al. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-420 (2000), Kumar, S. (2001), Kumar and Nagiyan (2006), a report 4. Family: Caryophyllaceae published from FRI in 2010 by Negi and Singh and Vashistha Cerastium glomeratum Thuill., Fl. Env. Paris ed. 2: 226. (2014) following 53 new records are now being added to the 1799; Majumdar in Sharma & Balakr., Fl. India 2: 523. 1993. Flora of Haryana. 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 Balkrishna, A., Joshi, B. [*], Srivastava, A. Patanjali Herbal Research Department, Patanjali Research Foundation cultivated fields and wastelands. Trust, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 249405 Flowering and Fruiting: April-July. e-mail: [email protected] Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-58

Shukla, B. K. Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 406. Ex-SD, Botanical Survey of India, Central Regional Centre, 10 Chatham 1819; sensu Edgew. & Hook.f. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 244. Lines, Allahabad, 211002. 1874. Holosteum cordatum L., Sp. Pl. 88. 1753. 118 Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018

Annual herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in Desmodium rotundifolium Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India cultivated fields, wastelands and along road-sides throughout 2: 172. 1876. D. ritchiei Sanjappa in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22: forest. 229. 1982. et Leg. India 161. 1982. Flowering and Fruiting: April-December. Annual, prostrate or erect herb, 10–30 cm tall. Flowers pink. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-126 Common in open fields, along the roadside and in dry deciduous 5. Family: Malvaceae forest. Malva neglecta Wallr., Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 140. 1824; Paul in Flowering and Fruiting: July-October. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 359. 1993. M. rotundifolia L., Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-546 Sp. Pl. 689. 1753, p.p.; Masters in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: tenuiflora (Klein ex Willd.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. 320. 1874. Ind. Orient. 1: 206. 1834; Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: Prostrate or decumbent herb, 40-70 cm tall. Flowers purplish or 192. 1876; Sanjappa, Leg. India 180. 1992. Glycine tenuiflora pinkish. Occasional in waste lands. Klein ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 3(2): 1059. 1802. Flowering and Fruiting: February-May. Perennial, trailing or climbing herb. Flowers reddish-purple. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-54 Rare in mixed forest. 6. Family: Rhamnaceae Flowering and Fruiting: July-December. Ventilago denticulata Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin Neue. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-562 Schr. 3: 417. 1801; Bhandari & Bhansali in Singh et al., Fl. Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai, Lespedeza Japan Korea India 5: 217. 2000. V. calyculata Tulasne in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 15. 1927. Desmodium thunbergii DC., Prodr. 2: 337. 1825. 4. 8: 124. 1857; Lawson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 631. 1875. Perennial undershrub, 1–3 m tall. Flowers reddish–purple. Large, woody liana. Flowers pale-yellow. Rare in mixed dry Occasional in cultivated fields. deciduous forest. Flowering and Fruiting: July-October. Flowering : September-February. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-368 Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 13 10. Family: Rosaceae 7. Family: Vitaceae Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl., Bot. Reg. 13: pl. Ampelocissus divaricata (Wall. ex Lawson) Planch. in J. 1114. 1827; Hook.f, Fl. Brit. India 2: 387. 1878. C. elatus Vigne Amér. Vitic. Eur. 8(12): 375. 1884; Shetty & Singh in G.Klotz, Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 251. 2000. Vitis divaricata Wall. ex Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 12(10): 782. 1963. Lawson in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 657. 1875. Evergreen shrub, up to 1 m tall. Flowers white. Rare in Pine Slender, climbing shrub. Flowers red, fruits dark brown. forest. Common in mixed deciduous forest. Flowering and Fruiting: May-September. Flowering and Fruiting: June-December. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-272 Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 509 Fragaria nubicola (Lindl. ex Hook.f.) Lacaita in J. Linn. Soc., 8. Family: Moringaceae Bot. 43(293): 467. 1916. Fragaria vesca var. nubicola Hook.f., Moringa concanensis Nimmo in J. Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 43. Fl. Brit. India 2: 344. 1878. 1839, nomen tantum; Dalz. & Gibson, Bombay Fl. 311. 1861; Annual, stoloniferous herb, 4–25 cm long. Flowers white. Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 45. 1876; Uniyal in Singh et al., Fl. Common in shady, moist or grassy localities and forest edges. India 5: 515. 2000. Flowering and Fruiting: March-June. Deciduous tree, 10–12 m tall. Flowers pink. Common in mixed Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-208 forest and along the roadside. Potentilla fragarioides L., Sp. Pl. 1: 496. 1753; Hook.f., Flowering and Fruiting: February-June. Fl. Brit. India 2: 350. 1878. P. sprengeliana Lehm., Monogr. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 70 Potentill. 49. 1820. 9. Family: Perennial herb, 15–35 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Common in Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene in Pittonia 4(20D): marshy habitats and dried up ponds and pools. 27. 1899; Singh, Monograph Indian Cassiinae 67. 2001. Cassia Flowering and Fruiting: April-August. mimosoides L., Sp. Pl. 1: 379. 1753; Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-550 India 2: 266. 1878; Sanjappa, Leg. India 17. 1992. Prinsepia utilis Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 206, pl.38. f.1. Annual herb, up to 60 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Common in 1835; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 323. 1878. open fields and mixed forest. Shrub, 1–5 m tall. Flowers white. Rare along roadside and Flowering and Fruiting: July-September. scrub forest. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-416 Flowering and Fruiting: April-September. Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018 119

Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-304 Blumea laevis (Lour.) Merr. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. n.s. Sibbaldia micropetala (D.Don) Hand.-Mazz., Vegetationsbilder 24: 386. 1935; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering India 1: 205. 22(8): 6. 1932; Chatterjee in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 19: 2009. Placus laevis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 497. 1790. Blumea 32. 1938. Potentilla micropetala D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 231. virens DC. in Wight, Contr. Bot. India 14. 1834; Hook.f., FI. 1825; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 352. 1878. Brit. India 3: 264. 1881; Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 143. Annual, white tomentose herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers yellow. 1995. Rare in meadows on hill slopes and sandy river banks. Annual herb to under shrub, 10–180 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Flowering and Fruiting: June-August. Common in waste places. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-212 Flowering and Fruiting: December-January. 11. Family: Myrtaceae Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 554 Syzygium salicifolium (Wight) J. Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay Blumea oxyodonta DC. in Wight, Contr. Bot. India 15. 1834; 73. 1839. Eugenia salicifolia Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot.2: 16. 1841. Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 266. 1881; Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. Eugenia heyneana Duthie in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 500. India 13: 139. 1995; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1879. 1: 206. 2009. Semi-deciduous tree, up to 6 m tall. Flowers white. Common Prostrate herb up to 60 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Common in along river bank. waste places. Flowering and Fruiting: January-June. Flowering and Fruiting: February-July. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-286 Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 552 12. Family: Onagraceae Centratherum punctatum Cass. in Dict. Sci. Nat., ed.2. 7: Oenothera rosea L’Hér. ex Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 3. 1789; 384. 1817; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 211. Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 582. 1879. 2009. Annual herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers pink. Common on river Annual herb, up to 50 cm tall. Flowers purple. Common in bed. Pine forest (Samlota Temple). Flowering and Fruiting: January-May. Flowering and Fruiting: November-February. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-99 Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 74 13. Family: Apiaceae Pentanema cernuum (Dalzell) Ling in Acta Phytotax. Sin. Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & 10(2): 180. 1965; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: P. Wilson, Bot. Porto Rico 6(1): 52. 1925; Karthikeyan et al., 255. 2009. Vicoa cernua Dalzell in Dalzell & Gibson, Bombay Flowering Plants India 1: 107. 2009. Pimpinella leptophylla Fl. 126 & 314. 1861; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 297. 1881. Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 324. 1805. Annual herb up to 50 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Rare in waste Annual herb, 25–45 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in mixed places. forest areas. Flowering and Fruiting: November-February. Flowering and Fruiting: May-July. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 217 Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 199 16. Family: Boraginaceae 14. Family: Rubiaceae Ehretia aspera Roxb., Cor. Pl. 1. p.41. t.55. 1795; Clarke in Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 11. 1814; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 142. 1883. Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 65. 1880. Hedyotis diffusa Willd., Sp. Deciduous tree, up to 10 m tall. Flowers white. Rare in mixed, Pl. 1: 566. 1797. dry deciduous forest. Annual herb, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in Flowering and Fruiting: September-January. wastelands, forest edges and cultivated fields. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-201 Flowering and Fruiting: September-March. 17. Family: Convolvulaceae Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-392 Ipomoea hederifolia L., Syst. Nat. ed.10. 2: 925. 1759. I. 15. Family: Asteraceae coccinea auct. non L.; Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 199. Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass. in Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 331. 1883. 1822; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: 185. 2009. Annual, climbing herb. Flowers red. Common among bushes, Spilanthes uliginosa Sw., Prodr.110. 1788. in waste places and fringes of forest. Annual herb, 10–40 cm tall. Flowers yellow. Common in moist Flowering and Fruiting: August-November. places and waste lands. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-384 Flowering and Fruiting: April-September. 18. Family: Scrophulariaceae Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 278 Buddleja crispa Benth., Scroph. Ind. 43. 1835; Clarke in 120 Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018

Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 81. 1883. Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 1065, 1338. Densely tomentose, bushy shrub, up to 3 m tall. Flowers purple. 1903. Erinus procumbens Mill., Gard. Dict. ed.8. no. 6. 1768. Rare in mixed forest. Annual, small, procumbent herb. Flowers yellow. Common in Flowering and Fruiting: April-June. moist, shady habitats and ravine slopes. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-138 Flowering and Fruiting: September-December. 19. Family: Orobanchaceae Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 568 Striga densiflora (Benth.) Benth., Companion Bot. Mag. 23. Family: 1: 363. 1836; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 299. 1884. Buchnera lacor Buch.-Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 150 densiflora Benth., Scroph. Ind. 41. 1835. 1827; King in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 513. 1888. F. avium Annual, small herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers white. Rare as a Gagnep., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 4: 85. 1927. root parasite on solanaceous plants. Deciduous tree, up to 15 m tall. Figs purple, 12-15 mm in Flowering and Fruiting: September - December. diameter. Common in mixed forest. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-563 Flowering and Fruiting: October-June. 20. Family: Acanthaceae Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-78 Lepidagathis cristata Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 400. 1800; Clarke Ficus subincisa Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in Rees, Cycl. 14: 91. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 516. 1885; Karthikeyan et al., 1810. F. clavata Wall. ex Miq. in Hook., London J. Bot. 7: 431. Flowering Plants India 1: 30. 2009. 1848; King in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 520. 1888. Perennial, woody, spiny under-shrub, up to 1.5 m tall. Flowers Deciduous tree, up to 4 m tall. Figs reddish orange, 0.6–2.5 cm white. Common in wasteland and open forest areas. in diameter. Occasional in mixed forest. Flowering and Fruiting: December-May. Flowering and Fruiting: April-May; October-November. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 69 Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-152 Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., 24. Family: Salicaceae Bot. 7: 18. 1864; Karthikeyan et al., Flowering Plants India 1: Salix acmophylla Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1(7): 98. 1846; 61. 2009. Meyenia erecta Benth., Niger Fl. 476. 1849. Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 628. 1888. Glabrous, upright, up to 1.25 m tall undershrub. Flowers purple- Tree, 4–5 m tall. Occasional along the river beds. blue to dark blue. Common in mixed, dry deciduous forest. Flowering and Fruiting: February-June. Flowering: November-March. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-87 Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-436 25. Family: Dioscoreaceae 21. Family: Lamiaceae Dioscorea alata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1033. 1753; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: India 6: 296. 1892. 58. 1830; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 704. 1885. Ajuga sikkimensis Large, tuberous climber. Common on trees in mixed deciduous Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 114. 1865. forest. Annual, erect or prostrate herb, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers purple. Flowering and Fruiting: July-March. Common in moist and shady areas. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-309 Flowering and Fruiting: Almost throughout the year. 26. Family: Asparagaceae Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 121 Dipcadi serotinum (L.) Medik. in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Leucas chinensis (Retz.) Sm., Cycl. 20: 8. 1812; Hook.f., Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 431. 1790; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: Fl. Brit. India 4: 681. 1885. Phlomis chinensis Retz., Observ. 346. 1892. Hyacinthus serotinus L., Sp. Pl. 317. 1753. Bot.2: 19. 1781. Annual herb, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers brown. Common in Annual herb, 15-30 cm tall. Flowers white. Common in open mixed deciduous forest. fields and wastelands. Flowering and Fruiting: February-May. Flowering and Fruiting: September-April. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-551 Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 156 27. Family: Araceae Ocimum gratissimum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1197. 1753; Hook.f., Fl. Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott in Schott & Endl., Melet. Brit. India 4: 608. 1885. Bot. 18. 1832; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 521. 1893. Arum Undershrub, 1-1.5 m tall. Flowers white. Common in wastelands viviparum Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 65. 1814. and along roadside. Perennial, tuberous herb up to 50 cm tall. Common on shady, Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout the year. moist slopes in forest area. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 49 Flowering and Fruiting: July-August. 22. Family: Plantaginaceae Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-388 Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018 121

Papaver dubium L. Cardamine impatiens L. Viola odorata L.

Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult. Malva neglecta Wallr.

Ventilago denticulata Willd. Ampelocissus divaricata (Wall. ex Lawson) Moringa concanensis Nimmo Planch. 122 Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018

Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene Desmodium rotundifolium Baker Galactia tenuiflora (Klein ex Willd.) Wight & Arn.

Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai. Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl. Fragaria nubicola (Lindl. ex Hook.f.) Lacaita

Potentilla fragarioides L. Prinsepia utilis Royle Sibbaldia micropetala (D.Don) Hand.-Mazz. Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018 123

Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague Syzygium salicifolium (Wight) J. Graham Oenothera rosea L’Hér. ex Aiton ex Britton & P. Wilson

Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb. Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass. Blumea laevis (Lour.) Merr.

Blumea oxyodonta DC. Centratherum punctatum Cass. Pentanema cernuum (Dalzell) Ling 124 Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018

Ehretia aspera Roxb. Ipomoea hederifolia L. Buddleja crispa Benth.

Striga densiflora (Benth.) Benth. Lepidagathis cristata Willd. Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson

Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. Leucas chinensis (Retz.) Sm. Ocimum gratissimum L. Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018 125

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

Salix acmophylla Boiss. Dioscorea alata L. Dipcadi serotinum (L.) Medik.

Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott Cyperus odoratus L. Fimbristylis aphylla Steud. 126 Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018

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

Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud.

Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. Setaria palmifolia (J.Koenig) Stapf Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018 127

28. Family: Cyperaceae (Willd.) C.E. Hubb. in Kew Bull. 1934: 110. 1934; Bor, Grass. Cyperus odoratus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 46. 1753; Clarke in Hook.f., Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 355. 1960. Fl. Brit. India 6: 608. 1893. Annual or loosely tufted short-lived perennial, herb, up to 1 m Annual, erect herb. Common in open wastelands and marshy tall. Commonly grows in open forest. habitats along the bank of canals, rivers and slow running water Flowering and Fruiting: August-November. streams. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 402 Flowering and Fruiting: July-November. Pennisetum hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-565 1: 103. 1854; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 344. Fimbristylis aphylla Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 114. 1855; 1960. Pennisetum alopecuros Steud., l.c . 102, non Jacq. 1854; Kern in Blumea 8: 117. 1955. F. quinquangularis var. crassa Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 84. 1896. Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 644. 1893. Perennial, grass forming large tussocks with thick tough roots, Perennial, rhizomatous herb. Common in marshy places. up to 2 m tall. Common in moist and humid places and open Flowering and Fruiting: February-June. grasslands. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-540 Flowering and Fruiting: September-January. 29. Family: Poaceae Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-498 Capillipedium parviflorum (R.Br.) Stapf in Prain, Fl. Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Trop. Afr. 9: 169. 1917; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. Pakistan 112. 1960. Holcus parviflorus R. Br., Prodr.199. 1810. 3,1(2-3): 184. 1834; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 86. 1896; Bor, Andropogon micranthus Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 165. 1829; Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 346. 1960. Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind: 7: 178. 1896. Perennial grass, up to 1 m tall. Common in moist and humid Perennial, tufted, grass. Common in grassland and open forest. places. Flowering and Fruiting: August-December. Flowering and Fruiting: August-January. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 570 Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 476 Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin., Fund. Agrost. 188. Setaria palmifolia (J.Koenig) Stapf in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1820; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 115. 1960. 42(285): 186. 1914; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan Andropogon aciculatus Retz., Obs. Bot. 5: 22. 1789; Hook.f., 363. 1960. Panicum palmifolium J. Koenig, Naturforscher 23: Fl. Brit. India 7: 188. 1896. 208. 1788. P. plicatum sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7:55. 1896, Perennial, grass with extensively creeping rhizomes. Common p.p., non Lam. 1797. in mixed forest in hill slopes. Perennial, grass with a short knotty rhizome. Common in open Flowering and Fruiting: August-November. waste places and along the roadside. Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 506 Flowering and Fruiting: September-December. Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation-543 1906: 357. 1906; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 126. 1960. Andropogon citratus DC., Cat. Hort. Monsp. 78. 1813. Perennial, shortly rhizomatous grass. Common in sandy soil Authors are grateful to Swami Ramdev Ji, Patanjali Yogpeeth, near humid habitats. Haridwar for providing all the necessary facilities for research Flowering and Fruiting: August-December. work in Morni Hills forest and Patanjali Research Foundation, Panchkula: Morni Hills- Patanjali Research Foundation- 337 Haridwar. Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol. ed.2, 1: 52. REFERENCES 1771; Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 304. 1960. Panicum sanguinale L., Sp. 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