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DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF INULA L. (S.STR.) AND ITS ALLIED GENERA FROM PAKISTAN AND KASHMIR M. QAISER AND RUBINA ABID
Abstract: Distribution pattern and ecology of 22 taxa belonging to Inula
L. (s.str.) and its allied genera viz., Pentanema Cass., Duhaldea
DC., Dittrichia Greuter and Iphiona Cass., has been analyzed
from Pakistan and Kashmir. Five species of Inula and 2 species
of Pentanema are typically Irano-Turanian element, P. indicum
is Indian element, both the species of Iphiona are Saharo-Sindian
elements, while Inula racemosa and 3 species of Duhaldea
are Sino-Japanese elements. I. acuminata and I. obtusifolia
are distributed in transitional zone between Irano-Turanian and Sino-Japanese
regions. Three species of Inula are classified as biregional
elements, from which I. clarkei and I. orientalis equally
distributed in Irano Turanian and Sino-Japanese regions, whereas I.
britannica is distributed in Euro-Siberian and Irano-Turanian regions.
P. divaricatum and P. vestitum are also biregional elements,
former species found in Saharo-Sindian and Irano-Turanian regions and
latter species extends to Saharo-Sindian and Indian region. However,
Dittrichia graveolens is also considered as a biregional element
distributed in Irano-Turanian and Mediterranian regions. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan. |
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