Volume : 4, Issue : 2, February - 2015

Ecology and Conservation of Rare Leersia hexandra Swartz (Poaceae)

Vijai Malik

Abstract :

<p>While inventorying the grasses of north&ndash;west Uttar Pradesh, I collected an uncommon and rare semi&ndash;aquatic grass of the genus Leersia from few localities of Western Uttar Pradesh including Saharanpur forest division. I have observed and reported that anthropogenic pressures and habitat loss are the main causes of rarity of this species.</p>