Ex. Situ Conservation of Cacti and Succulents of Arts, Science and Commerce College, Rahuri, Botanic Garden, Rahuri Tehshil District – Ahmednagar ( M.S.)

PRASHANT ROHOKALE; SAURABH BATWAL; GANGADHAR ROHOKALE

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Ex. Situ Conservation of Cacti and Succulents of Arts, Science and Commerce College, Rahuri, Botanic Garden, Rahuri Tehshil District – Ahmednagar ( M.S.)

Prashant Rohokale, Saurabh Batwal, Gangadhar Rohokale

Abstract :

Arts, Science and Commerce College, Rahuri (Ganesh Tekadi) of Rahuri tehasil encompass the geographicalarea (19.3927° N, 74.6488° E) of North–East Maharashtra, India. It represents a rare mixture ofplants with various varieties. Entire area comes under region have deciduous forests with some invasive species. The presentinvestigation is focused on planting and conserving the various cacti and succulents of this region. The study area is not favorablefor plant growth because of very hard strata, This is an opportunity taken into consideration and college has developed large number of cacti and succulents and conserve them.The Ex. situ conservation of cacti and succulents have been conducted into different parts of world by various workers, 20,9,7,12,1,4,5,14,18,15,16. About 300 species of cactus and succulents were planted conserved and identified on the basis of there morphotaxonomy. In the present study total 184 species of cacti and 116 species of succulents belonging to 88 genera and 16 families were recorded. Thus efforts are made to increase and conserve the number of cacti and succulents in the present study area.