Dicot Flora of Malakand Pass Hills, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Dicot Flora of Malakand Pass Hills, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Muddasir Khan1, Siraj-Ud-Din1, Muhammad Farooq2* and Sanam Zarif2
ABSTRACT
In the taxonomic study of dicot of Malakand Pass Hills a total of 113 species belonging to 54 families of Angiosperms, were recorded. Maximum genera and species were in case of Lamiaceae i.e 9 genera being (9.782%) and 11 species (9.734%) of the total genera and species followed by Asteraceae comprising 8 genera (8.695 %) and 10 species (8.849 % followed by Papilionaceae comprising 6 genera (6.521%) and 7 species (6.194 %). It was again followed by Euphorbiaceae and Solanaceae having 4 genera (4.347%) and 7 species (6.194 %) each, which were followed by Zygophyllaceae and Asclepiadaceae, consisting of 3 genera (3.260 %) and 3 species (2.654 %) followed by Moraceae comprising 2 genera (2.173%) and 4 species (3.539%). It was then followed by Mimosaceae having 2 genera (2.173%) and 3 species (2.654 %). Thus the largest dicot family in Malakand Pass Hills was Lamiaceae having 9 genera and 11 species which was followed by the largest family Asteraceae, comprising 8 genera and 10 species which was followed by Papilionaceae having 6 genera and 7 species. It was again followed by Euphorbiaceae and Solanaceae comprising 4 genera and 7 species each. The families Berberidaceae, Fumariaceae, Papaveraceae, Malvaceae Tilliaceae, Oxalidaceae, Geraniaceae, Simaroubaceae, Meliaceae, Celastraceae, Sapindaceae, Rosaceae Platanaceae, Anacardiaceae, Myrtaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Cactaceae, Ulmaceae, Cannabaceae, Cuscutaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Rubiaceae, Sapotaceae, Myrsinaceae, Convolvulaceae, Fagaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Boraginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Vitaceae, Violaceae, Saliaceae and Acanthaceae, were represented by single genus and single specie. Ranunculaceae, Brassicaceae, Apiaceae, Uriticaceae, Nyctiginaceae, Polygonaceae, Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Oleaceae, Verbenaceae and Plantaginaceae were represented by 2 species each. Zygophyllaceae, Rhamnaceae, Mimosaceae, and Asclepiadaceae are represented by 3 species each. Moraceae is represented by 4 species. Euphorbiaceae, Solanaceae, Papilionaceae were represented by 7 species each. Asteraceae and Lamiaceae were represented by 10 and 11 species, respectively.
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