📚 Volume 29, Issue 2
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Authors
Zia Ul Islam, Syed Ghias Ali, Asad Ullah, Syed Mukaram Shah, Asif Raza, Ali Sher, Wajid Khan
Centre of Plant Biodiversity, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Post Code No. 25120, Peshawar, Pakistan, Tel. 00-92-91-9222267
Abstract
This study was designed to explore the floristic composition and ecological characteristics of vascular plants of the study area. Plant species were collected during field trips in three seasons viz., winter, summer and monsoon. The plants were classified into different life form and leaf size classes. The Pteridophytes consisted of 1 family and 1 species, gymnosperms had 2 families and 2 species and angiosperms were represented by 44 families and 121 species (6 families and 15 species of monocots and 38 families and 106 species of dicots). The Pteridophytes constituted less than 1% while gymnosperms were 1.62% and angiosperms were 98.37%. Among angiosperms, monocots were 12.39% and dicots 87.60% of the total collected species. The leaf shape classes showed that 99 (80.48%) species had simple leaves while 24 (19.51%) species possessed compound leaves. In spinyness 27 (21.95 %) species were spiny while 96 (78.04%) species were non-spiny. Biological spectrum of flora indicated that Therophyte were dominant (34.95%), followed by Nannophanerophyte (22.76%). Leaf spectra revealed that Microphyllous (28.45%), Mesophyllous (26.01%), Nanophyllous (24.39%) were the most prevalent leaf size.
📝 How to Cite
Zia Ul Islam, Syed Ghias Ali, Asad Ullah, Syed Mukaram Shah, Asif Raza, Ali Sher, Wajid Khan (2022).
"Floristic Diversity and Ecological Characteristic of Vascular Plants of Sakrah Valley Mardan, Pakistan".
Wulfenia, 29(2).