Floristic elements of Central India (North Madhya Pradesh)
Kaushik J.P.
Published on : 01-Jan-2022
DOI : https://dx.doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1997.0 7.01.02
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Present communication deals with the floristic elements of North Madhya Pradesh covering an area of 44644 km2 of semi-arid land. The area has two bioclimatic zones, i.e., the humid southern part with moderate summer, and the dry northern part with hot summer. There are numerous exotic taxa which are either naturalized or are being naturalized. The flora of the region is composite type with about 16.62% Indian elements and dominated by Western and tropical elements (62.37%). The southern part has fairly higher percentage of eastern elements (16.15%) while the northern part has a higher percentage of Western (29.15%) and other warmer elements (19.08% ).
