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Biodiversity Angiosperm Taxonomy, Experimental
taxonomy and Herbarium (National facility)
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Objectives
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- To develop and maintain a Herbarium as a national
Facility
- Survey, collection, identification and documentation of the
Floristic wealth of the country
- To maintain active links with other institutions by way of
Loan and Exchange of Herbarium specimens and related literature
- To develop Computer based databases on plant resources
- To carry out Biodiversity Assessment for Environmental Impact
Assessment
- To carry out genetic diversity studies in taxonomic complexes
and economically important taxa
- To undertake Floristic and reversionary studies on Indian
taxa of flowering plants
- To study and monitor the rare and endangered species in Conservation
perspectives
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Achievements
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Developed
an International recognized Herbarium that is being maintained
as a National facility. It maintains exchange relations with all
National and International research Institutes. The Herbarium
acts as a data bank on plants and helps in their correct identification.
The current holdings of the Herbarium has reached ca. 2,25,00
specimens of which 90,000 are flowering plants; 500 gymnosperms;
3000 pteridophytes; 10,000 bryophytes; 1,05000 lichens and 16,000
carpological collections.
So far a number of exploration tours have been conducted to the
various pats of the country for detailed inventories and documentation
of the flora. In particular, the Biodiversity Assessment of Tons
Valley, Garhwal Himalaya, Rajaji National Park, Corbett Tiger
Reserve, Dudhwa National Park, Valley of Flowers and other phytogeographically
interesting areas like Netarhat in Bihar and a few districts of
J&K, A.P., Orissa and U.P. have been accomplished.
Several projects on the taxa-specific
Biodiversity assessments for example revisionary studies on genera
Ixora, Clematis, Podophyllum, Berberis and revision on family
Oleaceae have been successfully completed. The taxonomic revisions
completed have International relevance and help in revision of
the group globally. These studies have led to a large number of
publications in the recent past.
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On Going Projects
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- Biodiversity
assessment and taxonomic revision of the genus Astragalus
L. Leguminosae- Papillionoideae in India
- Biodiversity
assessment and taxonomic revision of the genus Pedicularis
L. (Scrophulariaceae) in India
- Inventory,
characterization, preliminary evaluation and ex-situ conservation
of wild genetic resources of Citrus and its close relatives
in India
- Studies
on legume resources of Uttar Pradesh: taxonomy, distribution,
utilization, cultivation and conservation
- Taxonomy
of Trigonella L.
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Feed Back Required
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Dr. K. K. Singh
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Head, Angiosperm Taxonomy & Bodiversity
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