THREATENED ANGIOSPERMS OF THE INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS: A CASE STUDY OF UTTAR PRADESH

Pallavi Sharma and Tulika Mishra*

ABSTRACT

Biodiversity helps in maintaining ecological balance. In addition, it offers protection against environmental disasters like droughts and floods. There has been a lot of degradation of nature due to anthropogenic activities. Due to the exploitation of nature, many animals, birds, and trees are on the verge of extinction. In Uttar Pradesh, the total forest area constitutes about 6.88% of its total geographical area. Many threatened and endemic angiosperms inhabit here. The plant family Balsaminaceae has the highest number of endangered plant species in Uttar Pradesh. Maximum members of the Poaceae family are endemic to angiosperm. Scientists, researchers, and the government need to pay attention to the flora of Uttar Pradesh. Tissue culture is an effective way to conserve threatened species.

Keywords: Uttar Pradesh, Endangered, Endemic, Conservation, Terai region.