Department of Botany, Patna University, Patna-800 005
Online published on 25 April, 2016.
The scattered wetlands in the river valley of Patna are biologically among the richest and most interesting ecosystem. A total of eleven seasonal and perennial water bodies were selected for present floristic study and were surveyed monthly for two continuous years, from March-2002 to February-2003.
A total of sixty species of vascular macrophytes have been recorded from the different water bodies. Most of the species belong to the angiosperms and only two belong to pteridophytes. Among angiosperms 38 species belonging to dicotyledons spread over in 23 families and 20 species of monocotyledons belonging to 10 families.
This paper deals only with the distribution pattern of macrophytes in different water bodies with their ecological nature and flowering season.
Inland, Macrophytes, Patna, Waterbodies
