New Plant Records to the Flora of Haryana
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Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2) 117-127, 2018 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 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: Galactia 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: Fabaceae 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 Plants 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.