The present communication deals with morphotaxonomic enumeration of 30 taxa of desmids were collected from around Haldwani, Kumaun Himalayas of Uttarakhand State of India in the year 2012. All these taxa have been recorded for the first time from this part of the state from Haldwani during the study

The present paper deals with an account of angiospermic taxa of Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh. A total number of 941 species under 545 genera belonging to 132 families are recorded. Out of these 265 species in 139 genera and 26 families belong to Monocot and 676 species in 406 genera and 106 families belong to Dicot. A perusal of literature has indicated that 272 species collected from Sidhi district have not been earlier recorded from the district.

Mural flora of Kamrup district (Metro) in Assam has been studied and intensive survey and exploration of the district was undertaken for the past four years (2002-2006). One hundred one (101) species of angiosperms of which 78 species belong to Dicots and 14 species to Monocots were collected throughout the different seasons.

The medicinal wealth of the Himalaya is immense. The root-rhizome medicinal herbs are of great value in Indian system of medicine. However, in recent time they have been exploited so ruthlessly from their native habitats that these root-rhizome medicinal herbs have reached on the verge of extinction. The present study was carried out to investigate growth and production attributes of two very important root rhizome medicinal herbs viz. Microstylis wallichii Lind and Valeriana wallichii in their native habitats in Kumaun Himalaya. The soils in all the habitats where they grow were acidic in nature and climate was typically temperate. Though both the species are found throughout the Kumaun Himalayan region but they expressed themselves best at varying habitats. Entire life cycle of the species was studied and their root-rhizome production potential was also assessed. The entire investigation was carried out in native habitats and results obtained clearly indicated that if biotic disturbances would be minimized then these species will multiply as they have the ability to regenerate.

Chitrakoot (The Hill of many wonders) is a one of the famous holy place for the pilgrimage of Hindus in India and surrounded by lush green hills of legendary Vindhyachal range. It has been very rich in forest biodiversity since ancient times. Chitrakoot’s spiritual legacy stretches back to legendary ages. It was in these deep forests that Lord Rama, consort Sita and his brother Lakshmana spent eleven and half years of their fourteen years of exile. The richness of biodiversity has been described in various ancient literatures. But at present the biodiversity of Chitrakoot is reduced to a great extent due to unsustainable human activities. A detailed study on plant biodiversity, threat assessment, conservation and ethnobotany has been carried during 2003-2011. A total number of 743 species under 472 genera belonging to 118 families are recorded. Out of these, 574 species under 361 genera and 93 families belong to dicots and the remaining 169 species under 111 genera and 25 families belong to monocots. In the present paper the work carried out is enumerated.

This paper deals with angiospermic taxa of Bijnor belonging to the family Asteraceae. A total of 59 species belonging to 45 genera are reported.