Missing plants as compared to Flora of Ahmedabad (B.S. Vaidya–1967) with the present study, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Dr. Nailesh Patel

Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2014

Missing plants as compared to Flora of Ahmedabad (B.S. Vaidya–1967) with the present study, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Dr. Nailesh Patel

Abstract :

Ahmedabad is situated in Central Gujarat, it is a largest city of Gujarat state located on Sabarmati river. The floristic diversity is highly diversified in vegetation and has rich number of floristic composition due to topography, climate and edaphic factors which are favourable for such luxurious vegetation. Present paper deals with missing plants from the original flora of Ahmedabad listed by B.S Vaidya (1967). Vaidya has mentioned a total number of 517 plant species in his treatise. Out of these 26 species have not been noticed in the Ahmedabad city and its surroundings during the present survey (2009–10).