Research Article
Gymnosperms of District Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh, India
Kumar M*
Department of Botany, Govt.College Ghumarwin, District Biaspur, India
*Corresponding author: Mahender K, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Govt.College Ghumarwin, District
Biaspur, (H.P.) Pin- 174021, Tel: Phone No. 9418202629; Email: mahender2629@gmail.com
Copyright: © Kumar M. 2021. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which
permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Article Information: Submission: 01/10/2020; Accepted: 28/05/2021; Published: 31/05/2021
Abstract
Spermatophytes are the seed bearing plants which are divided into gymnosperms and angiosperms. Gymnosperms, a group of naked seed bearing
plants, have 83 genera and 1079 species (Shu- Miaw Chaw, Edi Sudianto, in Advances in Botanical Research, 2018). To the best of my knowledge it is the
first quantitative study of diversity of gymnosperms of this district. During the field survey, eight different species of gymnosperms viz. Araucaria columnaris,
Cedrus deodara, Cupressus sempervirens, Cycas revoluta, Pinus patula, Pinus roxburghii, Pinus wallichiana and Platycladus orientalis have been collected
and identified from the District Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh. These species of gymnosperms are known to have economic, ecological and ethnobotanical
importance. The present study and survey are important with respect to the diversity of gymnosperms and their uses. This effort may awaken the local
people, to be more conscious about the plant wealth as well as its sustainable use.
