November 2023
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Diversity in Averrhoaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Linaceae, Malpighiaceae, Oxalidaceae, Portulacaceae, Tamaricaceae and Zygophyllaceae of Bihar has been documented and a checklist has been prepared with the help of relevant literatures and herbarium specimens deposited in Central National Herbarium, herbarium of Ranchi University and National Botanical Research Institute. All the genus, species and varieties are enumerated with identification keys. The generic diversity at global, national and state level has been provided. The valid names of the species along with author(s), flowering and fruiting time and occurrence at district level are mentioned. The purpose of the checklist is to document the diversity of the Averrhoaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Linaceae, Malpighiaceae, Oxalidaceae, Portulacaceae, Tamaricaceae and Zygophyllaceae families in Bihar and taxonomic key is to offer students and botanist a means for identification.