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PLANT SPECIES STUDIED



TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES STUDIED: 610
1.     Parasitic Plants: 2
2.     Aquatic plants: 6
3.     Succulents: 20
4.     Herbs: 244
5.     Climbers and Twiners: 69
6.     Shrubs and Subshrubs: 88
7.     Trees: 121
8.     Palms: 9
9.     Sedges and Grasses: 51


2.     AQUATIC PLANTS

S.No.BOTANICAL NAME OF THE TAXON FAMILYGROWTH HABITWILD, CULTIVATED, ESCAPE OR OTHERFLOWER COLOURCOMMON NAMEIMAGE
1Ranunculus scleratus L.RanunculaceaeAquatic herbWildYellowCursed Crowfoot, Celery-leaved Buttercup, Cursed Buttercup, Ditch Crowfoot
2Nymphaea alba L.NymphaceaeAquatic herbCultivatedYellowWhite Water Lily, European White Water Lily, White Nenuphar, Romanian Water Lily
3Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb.ApiaceaeAquqtic HerbCultivatedWhiteWhorled pennywort, Whorled marsh pennywort, Shield pennywort
4Pontederia crassipes Mart.Pontederiaceae Aquatic herb Wild Liliac-BlueCommon Water Hyacinth
5Typha domingensis Pers.Typhaceae Aquatic herb Wild Reddish-BrownSouthern Cat-tail, Lesser Indian Reed Mace, Elephant Grass, Small Balrush, Lesser Cat-tail, Patera. Pater
6Potamogeton nodosus Poir.Potamogetaceae Aquatic Herb Wild ----Long Leaf Pondweed, American Pondweed