Rosaceae of Solan district of Himachal Pradesh

Authors

  • Milan Jain  Department of Botany, Sunrise University, Alwar, Rajasthan, India
  • Vinod Kumar Jain  Department of Botany, Sunrise University, Alwar, Rajasthan, India
  • S. S. Sharma  Department of Basic Sciences, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni- Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Rosaceae, Occurrence, Description, Economic Utility

Abstract

The study is conducted to analyse the floral wealth of the members belonging to the family Rosaceae of Solan district of Himachal Pradesh. The periodic surveys to different locations of the region revealed that a total of 18 species belonging to 12 genera occur therein. Seven genera namely, Agrimonia, Geum, Malus, Potentilla, Prinsepia, Prunus and Pyrus are represented by single species whereas the genus Rubus has as many as 3 species and Cotoneaster, Fragaria, Rosa and Spiraea have two species each. Presently, six species namely, Agrimonia eupatoria, Cotoneaster bacillaris, Geum urbanum, Rosa macrophylla, Spiraea canescens and S. vaccinifolia are reported for the first time from the study area. For each species, botanical name, common names, localities, altitudinal range, flowering period along with their economic utility have been given. The species are presented in an alphabetical order.

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2018-02-28

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Milan Jain, Vinod Kumar Jain, S. S. Sharma, " Rosaceae of Solan district of Himachal Pradesh , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.1580-1588, January-February-2018.