Environmental Biology Laboratory, University Department of Botany, T. M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur-812007, E-mail: amrita_arsenic@rediffmail.com
Online published on 7 April, 2016.
The present study has been carried out to explore the diversity and distribution of the aquatic and marshy angiosperms of the five freshwater bodies under Bhagalpur District of Bihar. Atotal of 75 aquatic angiosperms were recorded during the study period with 64 genera and 30 families. These plants were categorized into submerged (7 species), floating (11 species), emergent (32 species) and marginal (25 species). Out of 75 angiospermic species, 43 species belonged to dicotyledons and 32 species to monocotyledons.
Aquatic flora, Bhagalpur District, Freshwater bodies
