Abstract
The present paper focuses on the herbaceous and woody climbers of Saharanpur District. A total of 66 species of herbaceous climbers, 33 species of woody climbers, 15 species of climbing shrubs, and two species of parasitic climbers belonging 27 different families have been recorded. Climbers belonging to the families such as Convolvulaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Fabaceae, and Apocynaceae were found to be dominant in this region. This study also records the occurrence of 14 species of threatened climbers.
Highlights
A climber starts its life on the forest floor and spends almost one-fourth of its life on forest surface
Amongst the climber-rich families, Apocynaceae, Rubiaceae, Celastraceae, and Leguminosae have more than 50 species (Gentry 1991; Schnitzer & Bongers 2002)
Diversity is found in the climbing mechanism in the form of branch twiners, stem twiners, tendril climbers, root adhesive climbers, hook climbers, and scramblers (Bongers et al 2005; Jongking & Hawthorne 2005)
Summary
7709’46”–78014’45”E with the average 269m elevation and covers 3,689km area. Most part of the Saharanpur District is plain except the northern frontier which includes Shivalik Hills. While inventorying the flora of Saharanpur, the authors conducted several field trips in different seasons and collected hundreds of plant species. During the field survey many climber specimens were collected, processed, preserved, and mounted on herbarium sheets following the standard herbarium techniques (Jain & Rao 1977). The dried and fresh specimens were identified using floras published by Hooker (1872–1897), Duthie (1903–1929), Brandis
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