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Biological Spectrum of the Vegetation of Ratlam District (M.P.)


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1 Botany Department, Holkar Science College, Indore, India
 

In the present paper, the life forms of the angiosperms of Ratlam district, -belonging to 116 families 461 genera and 802 species have been studied. The same has been compared with Rauntkiaer's normal spectrum and other spectra of similar climatic regions of India. Phaeaerophytes, Therophytes, Chamaephytes, Geophytes, Lianas, Parasites and Epiphytes represent 14.5, 50.1, 12.1, 12.3, 10.3, 0.37 & 0.25 percentage of vegetation respectively. The dominance oftherophytes indicate the phytoclimate of district as therophytic which is characteristic of semi-arid zones.
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Alka Chaturvedi
Botany Department, Holkar Science College, Indore, India
V. B. Diwanji
Botany Department, Holkar Science College, Indore, India

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In the present paper, the life forms of the angiosperms of Ratlam district, -belonging to 116 families 461 genera and 802 species have been studied. The same has been compared with Rauntkiaer's normal spectrum and other spectra of similar climatic regions of India. Phaeaerophytes, Therophytes, Chamaephytes, Geophytes, Lianas, Parasites and Epiphytes represent 14.5, 50.1, 12.1, 12.3, 10.3, 0.37 & 0.25 percentage of vegetation respectively. The dominance oftherophytes indicate the phytoclimate of district as therophytic which is characteristic of semi-arid zones.