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Ainslie’s Materia Medica of Hindoostan in the perspective of plant invasion in India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Post-Graduate Department of Botany, S.S.V.P. Sanstha’s L.K. Dr. P.R. Ghogrey Science College, Dhule-424005, MS, India

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 11, Issue (3), Pages 25-40, August,10 (2022)

Abstract

This paper communicates alien plant species divulged from Ainslie’s Materia Medica of Hindoostan. The valid botanical name, family, local names in Hindi, other Indian languages and Sanskrit as mentioned by Ainslie himself and biogeographical affiliations examined after close scrutiny of relevant taxonomic literature, habital category and status w.r.t. wildness or cultigen are provided in the Table-I. As many as 146 species belonging to 127 genera and 64 families of angiosperms are revealed. The dicotyledons, herbaceous flora and cultigens had a major share in bioinvasion prior to the 18th century in India. They are represented by both worlds, new as well as old. However, the alien species from the New World (American Continent) are numerically maximum (57 species), while the Asian (Excl. Indian), African and European represented in a descending order respectively by 32, 30 and 19 species. The other regions contributed by a few alien species only. This inventory will serve as the scientific baseline on plant invasion in the management of biodiversity in India.

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