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Volume 26, No. (6), 2016 (December)
FLORISTIC STUDIES OF ANGIOSPERMS OF RAWALAKOT AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR PAKISTAN
S. Hussain, G. Murtaza and R. A. Qureshi

S. Hussain, G. Murtaza and R. A. Qureshi

Department of Botany University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffarabad Pakistan
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan

Corresponding Author: sajjadbot@gmail.com
DOI: NA
Page Number(s): 1696-1709
Published Online First: December 01, 2016
Publication Date: December 01, 2016
ABSTRACT

Flora of Rawalakot is under immense pressure after earthquake 2005. The present study was conducted to provide a check list of angiosperms for plant conservation. A total of 381 species of angiosperms belonging to 78 families and 238 genera were recorded from Rawalakot. The dominant families were Asteraceae with 38 species, Poaceae with 37 species, Papilionaceae with 26 species, Rosaceae with 22 species, Lamiaceae with 20 species, Brassicaceae and Cyperaceae with 12 species each and Polygonaceae with 10 species. In this check list 61 species were designated as rare. Some of important species Ulmus  wallichiana, Melia azedarachCeltis eriocarpa, Bauhinia variegataGrewia eriocarpaPopulus albaAcer caesiumSapindus mukorossiAlbizia odoratissimaDebregeasia  salicifolia, Hypericum  oblongifolium, Zanthoxylum  armatum, Astragaluspsilocentros, Cydonia oblonga, Cotoneaster microphyllus,  C.roseus, Buddleja asiatica, Calotropis procera and Vitex negundo  are very important from conservation point of view. This study also indicated that deforestation and poplar industry along habitat loss, over grazing, unawareness, annual fire practices and exploitation of medicinal plants were the major threats to the angiosperms of Rawalakot. It is now realized that strengthening of laws is an immediate need at local and national level for conservation of floral diversity.

Keywords: Floristic, flora, Rawalakot, Himalaya, angiosperms
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