v13i2.346

ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v13i2.346

Submitted date: 4 June 2024
Accepted date: 28 October 2024
Published date: 19 December 2024
Pp. 148–149, pl. 33.

On the occurrence of Ipomoea imperati (Convolvulaceae) on mainland India

A. Balkrishna, B. Joshi*, A. Srivastava, V.P. Arya, R.K. Mishra, A. Kumar, A. Kushwaha & R. Kumar
*Corresponding author. E-mail: bhaskar.joshi@patanjali.res.in

Surveys and exploration of the Ganga River catchment areas were undertaken from Gomukh (Uttarakhand) to Gangasagar (West Bengal) under the National Mission for Clean Ganga project of the Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation), New Delhi. Surveys were conducted in the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons in 2023. During the floristic survey in October 2023, unknown specimens of the Convolvulaceae family were collected from Uttar Pradesh: Varanasi Ghat (Varanasi District) and Dafi (Balia District) and Bihar State: Doriganj (Saran District) and Barh (Patna District), India. Further study of the vegetative and flowering parts of the specimens, and scrutiny of the literature revealed that they were specimens of Ipomoea imperati (Vahl). This is a littoral pantropic species previously reported from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The herbarium specimens were deposited in the Patanjali Research Foundation (PRFH), Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. Brief descriptions of its taxonomy, phenology, distribution, and habitat are provided.

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