Achuta Nand Shukla

• M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Additional Director/Scientist E at Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change

Garg, A., Kumar, A., Shukla, A.N. and Mao, A.A. 2024. Flora of India, Volume 19 (Scrophulariaceae- Lentibulariaceae). Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata [ISBN-978-81-978405-0-0].

Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary was the first declared wildlife sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh which was recognized in 1957. The sanctuary spread between Chakia and Naugarh of Chandauli District, covering an area of 78 square kilometers. During the period of 1957 to 1970 it was famous for Asiatic Lions and it is also important for palaeoecological st...

Flora of Uttar Pradesh

The genus Zanthoxylum L. comprises ca. 215 species distributed chiefly in pantropical region with several species extending in to the temperate zone of eastern Asia and North America, and 13 species reported from India by C.R. Babu (1974). Zanthoxylum armatum DC., locally known as ‘Tejbal’, is a small tree belonging to family Rutaceae, and di...

The new species Pedicularis revealiana, is described from Katao in Sikkim Himalaya, India. The new species is hemiparasitic and possesses a combination of characters which makes it unique among all Pedicularis species as it has a perennial caespitose habit, stout and woody stems with decumbent branches and congested internodes, evanescent radical l...

Biodiversity parks are enclosures which conserve equitable assemblage of interdependent living communities within a resource laden environment, sustained in equilibrium with nature and natural resources. They serve as repository of biotic communities of particular ecological range creating a healthy ecosystem to provide conservational, educatio...

Angiosperms demonstrate a surprisingly frequent phenomenon of variability in the gross pollen morphological characteristics. In the present study, we recorded and described a new aperture in the pollen grains of Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken, a monotypic genus of the soapberry family Sapindaceae, from Madhya Pradesh, central India, based on the L...

Gentiana capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don subsp. hemkundiana M.Shabir & A.N. Shukla collected from Hemkund in Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, India is described and illustrated here. The subspecies is morphologically characterized by small stout herb, stem sub-sessile; margin of leaves broadly membranous, flowers few, not dense or clustered, calyx tub...

Gentiana capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don subsp. hemkundiana M.Shabir & A.N. Shukla collected from Hemkund in Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, India is described and illustrated as a subspecies under Gentiana capitata. The subspecies is morphologically characterized by small stout herb, stem sub-sessile; margin of leaves broadly membranous, flower few,...

The long-existing taxonomic controversy of Ludwigia octovalvis subsps. octovalvis and Ludwigia octovalvis subsps. sessiliflora is resolved on the basis of pollen morphometric characters supported by multivariate Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Pollen is 3-colporate having three distinct slit-like colpi in both the subspecies, however, the sexin...

Plant Discoveries 2021

Rauvolfia belongs to the family Apocynaceae and encompasses herbs or shrubs with leaves in whorls of three or four. It is an endangered plant of the tropics and subtropics. We present a preliminary study and analysis of the morphological details of the pollen of two extant species of Rauvolfia (R. serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz and R. tetraphylla L...

Increasing the taxonomic resolution of fossil pollen identification and establishing the kinship and similarity among phylogenetically related plant groups are inevitable for advancing the Quaternary palaeoecological, palaeoclimatological and palaeoenvironmental research. We, in the present study, examined and determined the pollen morphological ch...

Pancratium telanganense Sadas. (Amaryllidaceae), a recently described new species from Mahabubnagar district of the Telangana state, India is reported here a new locality from Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.

In this study orthographic corrections have been made in the names of five species of Allium i.e. Allium carolinianum, Allium apolloniensis, Allium gilgiticum, Allium stoliczki and Allium barszczewskii.

Flora of Uttar Pradesh, Vol. II dealing with 897 species under 432 genera and 59 families along with additional enumeration of 233 cultivated taxa is presented here for users.

The present study enumerates 317 taxa, distributed under 256 genera and 80 families that have neen recorded from the Kalesar National Park situated in Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana state. Of these, 6 species under 6 genera and 6 families belong to Pteridophytes and 311 flowering plant species distributed over 250 genera are belonging to 74 famil...

Our critical examination of the type material and protologue of Blumea sonbhadrensis Narain et al. revealed that this species actually corresponds to Erigeron sublyratus (Astereae), instead of Blumea mollis (Inuleae) as originally supposed. The species is therefore resolved here as a synonym of Erigeron sublyratus.

Pittosporum eriocarpum Royle (Pittosporaceae) is an endemic and endangered species of Indian Western Himalaya which is found in the restricted pockets of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh only. The species is facing critical threats on its natural population mainly due to habitat loss, climate change and other anthropogenic activities. In order to i...

The genus Alysicarpus Necker ex Desvaux (1813: 120) includes ca. 35 species and 20 infra specific taxa distributed in almost all tropical and subtropical re­gions of the Old World (Pedly 2001, Lewis et al. 2005, Hassemer et al. 2017, Leeratiwong et al. 2017, Pokle 2017, Dalavi et al. 2019). It is represented in India by about 18 spe­cies and nine i...

The flora of Ladakh is influenced broadly by altitude and climate; more significantly by the soil, drainage, and microclimate. The present work is based on more than 20,000 plant specimens collected from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir State, since 1975. Critical study of these collections has revealed presence of 1085 species of flowering plant...

The present work deals with the study of Life Form and Biological Spectrum of Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh.The sanctuary is spread between the area Chakia and Naugarh, having rich vegetation over an area of 78 square kilometers. The area lies between the latitudes 24º52' 0'' N to 25º3' 55'' and 83º03' 24'' E...

The paper deals with an account of eleven species of angiosperms viz., Coelachne simpliciuscula (Wight & Arn. ex Steud.) Munro ex Benth., Cyperus cephalotes Vahl, Cyperus pulcherrimus Willd. ex Kunth, Echinochloa picta (J.König) P.W.Michael, Eragrostis patula (Kunth) Steud., Fimbristylis aphylla Steud., Flemingia praecox C.B.Clarke ex Prain, Illici...

Protected areas play a very significant role in the conservation of medicinal plants and traditional knowledge. Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary (CPWLS) is situated in the district Chandauli. The presented study was carried out in the area of CPWLS for survey and collection of medicinal plants. Information on medicinal properties of plants encount...

MEDICINAL PLANT DIVERSITY IN Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh

When first published, the name Molineria jashpurica A.P.Tiwari, Mujaffar & A.N. Shukla was invalid due to an error in the citation of the holotype. The name is validated here by correction of this mistake.

Four species of Poaceae, viz., Euclasta clarkei (Hack.) Cope, Eulalia leschenaultiana (Decne.) Ohwi, Paspalum longifolium Roxb. and Sporobolus piliferus (Trin.) Kunth has been reported as new distributional records for Flora of Chhattisgarh state. Correct nomenclature with citation, brief description, flowering and fruiting, habitat and other colle...

Molineria jashpurica A.P. Tiwari, Mujaffar & A.N. Shukla (Hypoxidaceae), a new species from the Jashpur district of Chhattisgrah, India is described and illustrated. It is closely similar to M. gracilis and M. trichocarpa, but differs by shorter pseudopetiole, broad and glabrous leaf blade, delicate scape, fewer flowers and clavate stigma. A key fo...

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Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC., Spermacoce exilis (L.O.Williams) C.D.Adams ex W.C.Burger & C.M.Taylor and Spermacoce latifolia Aubl., are reported for the first time from Chhattisgarh. Taxonomic details, illustrations and photographshave been provided for all species.

Rubus L. (Rosaceae), hitherto unrecorded from Central India is reported for the first time from the area represented by Rubus ellipticus Smith. Detailed description, ecological observation alongwith photographs are provided for easy identification of the taxon in the field.

इस लेख मे उत्तराखण्ड के टिहरी गढ़वाल जिले में भागीरथी एवं भीलागंना नदी के संगम पर बने टिहरी बांध पर स्थित टिहरी जल विद्युत परियोजना के निर्माण से पूर्व की वनस्पतिजात एवं परियोजना निर्माण के पश्चात इस क्षेत्र की वनस्पतिजात मे हुए पर्यावरणीय प्रभाव का वानस्पतिक अध्ययन किया गया है।

Botanical survey of India, Allahabad

Some notable ethnobotanical plants used by the tribes of Suru valley, Kargil, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Cold desert lies in Trans-Himalayan zone rain shadow of the main Himalayan range and is usually described as ‘High Altitude Cold Desert’. It is also a fragile ecosystem located in one of the Hot Spots area in India. It covers only about 2% of total land surface. The total area of cold desert is approximately 98,660 sq. km, of this about 82,665 sq....

Seven angiospermic species viz., Flemingia bracteata (Roxb.) Wight, Pedalium murex L., Rhynchoglossum obliquum Blume, Physalis angulata L., Senna hirsuta (L.) Irwin & Barneby, Senna uniflora (Mill.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby and Utricularia striatula Sm. are reported as new records for the Chhattisgarh state. The correct nomenclature, description, pheno...

The genus Sida L. (Malvaceae) has about 200 yellow axillary, solitary; pedicels 0.2–1 cm long, jointed species distributed mainly in the warm temperate to just below the calyx. Calyx-lobes free up to the middle, tropical of the world. In India, the genus is represented by 6–7 × 3–5 mm, stellate pubescent, mucronate, enlarged 12 species distributed...

Adiantum venustum D.Don (Adiantaceae) is reported as a new record for the pteridophytic flora of Central India from Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve. Detailed description, illustration and relevant notes are provided for its easy identification.

The genus Fuirena Rottb. (Cyperaceae) is or binate, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, bearing 6–15 spikelets; represented by ca 30 species distributed in tropical and peduncles single or binate, occasionally branched, white subtropical regions of the world (Mabberley, 2008). In villous. Spikelets brownish green to dark brownish green India, it is represented by 23...

Arnebia euchroma (Royle) I. M. Johnston var. grandis (Bornm.) Kazmi, belonging to the family Boraginaceae, so far known from Iran and Pakistan is reported for the first time from Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India. A detailed description, illustrations and range of distribution of the taxon along with specimens examined are provided.

The ethnobotanical exploration study presents the folk medicinal uses of certain plants by tribes of the Rewa district in the Madhya Pradesh state. One hundred and sixty six plants from 69 families, which are therapeutically, used against different diseases, such as cough, cold, dysentery, diarrhoea, ulcers, diabetes, male and female weakness, snak...

Present communication deals with the survey of invasive alien species in the Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve. A total of 106 invasive alien species belonging to 77 genera, spread over 36 families were documented Approximately 51.72 % of alien species collected were introduced from Tropical America, followed by 5.30% from Africa. Analysis of...