Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

Alka Chaturvedi ¹, V. B. Diwanji ¹

Affiliations
1 Botany Department, Holkar Science College, Indore, IN

Abstract

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 ¹, G. Phani Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 PGTD Botany, Nagpur University, Nagpur, IN

Abstract

Phenetic as well as Phyletic, are both objective classifications, but are based on different dicta. One is based on overall similarities and other on evolutionary characters It is a matter of arguments, which one is more predictive and natural. Some taxa of Euphorbiaceae have been taken as example to see, which one is better.

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