Hygrophila phlomoides Nees (Acanthaceae), a new record to the flora of northern India from Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh

Authors

  • Pankaj Bharti CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India; & Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201002, India.
  • Baleshwar Meena CSIR-Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Unit
  • T.S. Rana CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre, Sector-19, Central Govt. Enclave, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201002, India.
  • K.M. Prabhukumar CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India; & Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201002, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9663.17.10.27766-27770

Keywords:

Angiosperm flora, Balrampur and Shravasti, Bhagwanpur forest, Indo-Nepal border, marshy areas, tropical and subtropical regions

Abstract

 Hygrophila phlomoides Nees is reported as a new distribution record to the flora of northern India from Bhagwanpur forest of Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh. In India, the distribution of this species is previously reported only from the eastern Himalaya (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, West Bengal) and Karnataka State of Western Ghats.

Author Biographies

Pankaj Bharti, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India; & Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201002, India.

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Baleshwar Meena, CSIR-Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Unit

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T.S. Rana, CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre, Sector-19, Central Govt. Enclave, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201002, India.

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K.M. Prabhukumar, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India; & Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201002, India.

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26-10-2025

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