Digitization of cultivated flora of Pantnagar
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2021-02
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G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand)
Abstract
Knowledge of biodiversity is essential for its judicious utilization and conservation. However, it requires fast and easily accessible information on all aspects of biodiversity. Freely accessible databases (data information) systems are important in providing desirable information.With the progression in digital technology, number of online biodiversity databases is increasing rapidly. Digital floras are also databases proving useful in plant identification. Eflorapantnagar is one simple database showing wild flora of Pantnagar, though cultivated flora was not represented in it. The present study, carried out from July 2019 to January 2021, was aimed to add cultivated flora of Pantnagar area in eflorapantnagar. In this study 231 species of cultivated seed plants belonging to 189 genera, 75 families and 31 orders were added in this database. In these species Gymnosperms are represented by 6 species of 5 genera, 5 families and 2 orders; Monocotyledons by 33 species of 29 genera, 13 families and 6 orders, and Dicotyledons by 192 species of 155 genera, 57 families and 23 orders. In this work 26 families and 146 genera, not represented earlier, were added to the database. Each cultivated species is represented in database as an image added with currently accepted scientific name, vernacular names, nativity, common morphological features, flowering period in Pantnagar, and methods of multiplication. Some hyperlinks are also provided to access other databases for more information about the species. The result show that 160 species (68.96%) are ornamental plants, 41 species (17.67%) are edible plants, 17 species (7.32%) are medicinal plants, 9 species (3.87%) are oil yielding plants, and 7 species (3.10%) are condiments. With representation of 231 cultivated species eflorapantnagar will now become more informative and useful to the visitors of this web resource in future.