Family Asteraceae in Sechu Tuan Nalla Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

In the present floristic account, a total of fifty-seven taxa belonging to thirty-one genera and eight tribes of the family Asteraceae have been collected and reported from the Sechu Tuan Nalla Wildlife sanctuary. Out of these, eleven taxa are reported for the first time as additions to the flora of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Genus Artemisia stands as largest with seven species followed by the genus Anaphalis with six species in the sanctuary.