FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: Systematics and Biodiversity including Palynology.

SPECIAL INTEREST           : Plant systematics and Biodiversity

PRESENTLY WORKING ON : Flora of Madhya Pradesh vol. I –Revised

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ON GOING OTHER PROJECTS :  Flora of Madhya Pradesh vol. I –Revised

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

1. Floristic diversity of Samaspur Ramsar Site in Uttar Pradesh. (2021-2022): A total of 169 spp. of angiosperm were documented from the 89 sq. km. ramsar site.
2. Flora of Chhattisgarh Vol. 2 Dicots – families Asteraceae to Ceratophyllaceae (2018-2021): Editing the volume of total 757 taxa under 83 families with coloured plates and submitted to Hqrs for publication on 8.8.21.
3. Flora of Chhattisgarh Vol. 3. Monocots – families Hydrocharitaceae to Poaceae (2018-2021): Editing the volume of total 589 taxa of monocotyledons under 41 families and 221 genera, with coloured plates and submitted to Hqrs. for publication on 18.5.22.
4. Taxonomic documentation of Families Sapotaceae and Styrachaceae for Flora of India Vol. 16 (August 2020 to December 2020):  A total of 74 taxa under 17 genera and 56 species were described with taxonomic keys and nomenclature updating.
5. Flora of India Vol. 19 (April 2019 to March 2020): Team leader - Edited the Flora of India Vol. 19, Families Scropholariaceae, Orobanchaceae and Lentibulariaceae. The volume comprised of 464 taxa under 73 genera, 412 species, 30 subspecies and 22 varieties, with 99 coloured photographs, 41 line drawings, bibliography and all taxonomic keys.
6. Taxonomic documentation of the genera Pedicularis L. and Digitalis L. : (April 2019 to March 2020)  with 101 taxa, for the Flora of India Vol. 19.
7. Checklist of family Scropholariaceae for Flora of India vol. 19 (April 2019 to March 2020). Completed the checklist of families Scropholariaceae, Orobanchaceae and Lentibulariaceae with 464 taxa under 73 genera, 412 species, 30 subspecies and 22 varieties. (Published in 2022).
8. Taxonomic documentation of Families Valerianaceae and Dipsaceae for Flora of India India Vol. 14 (April 2019 to March 2020): A total of 40 taxa under 8 genera and 36 species and 4 varieties were described with 10 line drawings, all taxonomic keys and nomenclature updating (Checklist published).
9. Taxonomic documentation of Family Poaceae (2019-2020) with 242 species, taxonomic keys and updated nomenclature.
10. Studies of fossil and living plants with reference to the impact of climate change on flora of Gangetic Plains and Central India [In collaboration with BSIP, Lucknow] –Project coordinator and Supervisor - Critical pollen morphometric and morphological analysis revealed close proximity of Pleistocene Ludwigia L. morphotype with that of L. octavalvis subsp. sessiflora.
11. Non commercial study of the age, growth rates and architecture of pristine trees (2018-2019) – Two trees of Adansonia digitata L. (in Lucknow and in Allahabad) and Ficus benghalensis L., Prosopis cineraria L. and Manilkara hexandra L. International collaborative project.
12. Conducted a field tour (04.09.2018 to 14.09.2018) with the team for Prof. Patrut’s permitted collection of samples of Adansonia digitata L., Ficus benghalensis L. and Manilkara hexandra Dubard from different regions in U.P.
13. Floristic diversity of The Bhoj  Ramsar Site in Madhya Pradesh (ARP 2016-18). The Flora comprised of 531 species.
14. Floristic diversity of The Upper Ganga Ramsar Site in Uttar Pradesh (ARP 2012-16).
15. Floristic diversity of The Nawabgunj Ramsar Site in U.P. (ARP 2011-12) comprising of 212 species published as Book. (BSI publication).
16. Flora of Lakshadweep Islands (2010 to 2011): The Flora comprised of 345 species under 238 genera and 84 families. All taxonomic keys are provided and project report submitted.
17. Palynotaxonomic studies of Indian Thymealeaceae (ARP 2008-10). Submitted in April 2011.
18. Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV: (AAP 2007-08). Documentation of Phytodiversity of family Lamiaceae (p.p.) with 36 taxa, for West Bengal. Four new records of Lamiaceae were discovered.
19. Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV: (AAP 2006-07). Documentation of Phytodiversity of 8 families – Betulaceae, Cannabaceae, Ceratophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Chloranthaceae, Elaeagnaceae, Orobanchaceae and Proteaceae. (Published in Flora of west Bengal Volume IV) from BSI.
20. Flora of West Bengal Vol. III: 2004-06. Documentation of Phytodiversity of family Asteraceae for State Flora of West Bengal, with 253 taxa and 55 keys (Tribe, Genera, Species and Subspecies key), as part of BSI project.  Submitted to the Joint Director, CNH, BSI, Howrah-3. (Published in Flora of west Bengal Volume III) from BSI. 17 new records of Asteraceae for west Bengal were published.

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

1. Research articles/papers:

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->01.    <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A. K. AND GARG, A. 2022. Male meiosis, sporad analysis and pollen viability in a threatened medicinal plant Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz., Journal of Medicinal Botany 6: 1-15.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->02.    <!--[endif]-->QUAMAR, F.H., GARG A., FAROOQUI, A., PRASAD, N., KHAN, S. AND SHUKLA, A. N. 2022. A New Pollen  Aperture in Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken. from Madhya Pradesh, Central India, and its  Taxonomic and Evolutionary Significance. Internat. J. Plant and Environment 8(2): 133-136.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->03.    <!--[endif]-->PARK, D., FENG, X., AKIYAMA, S., ARDIYANI, M., AVENDANO, N., BARINA, Z., BARTSCHI, B., BELGRANO, M., BETANCHUR, J., BIJMOER, R., BOGAERTS, A., ECHEVERRIA, A. C., DANIHELKA, J., GARG, A., GIBLIN, D. E. E., GOGOI, R., GUGGISBERG, A., HYVARINEN, M., JAMES, S. A., SEBOLA, R. J., KATAGIRI, T., KENNEDY, J. A., TOGIBAEV, K. SH., LEE, B., LEE, S., MAGRI, D., MARCUCCI, R., MASINDE, S., MELNIKOV, D., MRAZ, P., MUTENKO, W., MUSILI, P. M., MWACHALA, G., NELSON, B. E., NIEZGODA, C., NOVOA, C., ORLI, S., PATON, A., PAYETTE, S., PERKINS, K. D., PONS, M. J., RAINER, H., RASINGAM, L., RUSTIAMI, H., SHIYAN, N.M., SLETTON, C., SOLOMEN, J., STAUFFER, F., SUMADIJAYA, A., THIEBAUT, M., THIERS, B., TSUBOTA, H., VAUGHAN, A., VIRTANEN, R., WHITFELD, T. J. S., ZHANG, T., ZIZKA, D., ZULOAGA, F. O. AND DAVIS, C. C., 2021.  The colonial legacy of herbaria.  DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.27.466174

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->04.    <!--[endif]-->SRIVASTAVA, N., MUKHERJEE, S. AND GARG, A., 2021. Genus Myriactis (Asteraceae) - new to the flora of Chhattisgarh, India. Indian Journal of Forestry 44(3):118-121.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->05.    <!--[endif]-->TRIPATHI, S., GARG, A., SHUKLA, A. N. FAROOQUI, A.,  AND PANDEY, A., TRIPATHI, T. & SINGH, V. K. Pollen micro-morphometry of two endangered species of Rauvolfia L. (Apocynaceae) from the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Central India using LM, CLSM and FESEM. Palynology: ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tpal20 (IF: 1.93).

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->06.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A., TRIPATHI, S., FAROOQUI,A.,  SHUKLA, A. N. AND PANDEY, A. 2021. Palynological remarks on the taxonomic status of Ludwigia octovalvis subsp. sessiliflora (Micheli) P.H.-Raven: LM and FESEM studies. Tropical Plant Research: 8(3): 203-209.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->07.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2022. Predicted impacts of climate change on Upper Ganga Ramsar site in India Geophytology 50(1&2): 147–152.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->08.    <!--[endif]-->QUAMAR, F., SINGH, P., GARG A., TRIPATHI, S., FAROOQUI, A., SHUKLA, A. N. & PRASAD, N. 2022. Pollen characters and their evolutionary and taxonomic significance: using light and confocal laser scanning microscope to study diverse plant pollen taxa from central India. Palynology: ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tpal20 (IF: 1.93).

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->09.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND P. SINGH. 2021. Floristic diversity of Upper Ganga Ramsar Site , Uttar Pradesh. Phytotaxonomy. (19-20): 93-108.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->10.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. R. T. PATRUT, A. PATRUT, S. WOODBORNE AND L. RAKOSY. 2021. Radiocarbon dating and status of the oldest extant Ceylon iron wood (Manilkara hexandra) in the riverine Ramsar site of India Current Science 120 (3): 562-566 (Research communications).

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->11.    <!--[endif]-->SIKARWAR, RLS, TIWARI, AP, GARG A, SIKARWAR PS, & DUBEY PC. 2020. Tree Species used as Fodder in Madhya Pradesh, India. JNTFP 27(3): 178-186.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->12.    <!--[endif]-->A. P. TIWARI, A. GARG AND A. N. SHUKLA. 2020. Blumea sonbhadrensis, a new synonym of Erigeron sublyratus (Asteraceae). Phytotaxa 480 (3): 291–296.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->13.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R. KR. AND GARG, A. 2020. Amritdhara Sacred Grove - an unparalleled Conservatory of Endemic, Endangered and Medicinal plants of Chhattisgarh Indian Forester, 146 (12): 1183-1184.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->14.    <!--[endif]-->BORAH, D., SINGH, R. KR. AND GARG, A. 2020. New records of four Pedicularis species (Orobanchaceae) for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh state, India, and two new synonyms for P. pantlingii. NeBIO: 11(3): 180–186.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->15.    <!--[endif]-->BORAH, D., SINGH, R. KR. AND GARG, A. 2020. Rediscovery of Pedicularis denudata (Orobanchaceae), a little known, rare herb, after 135 years from India. Phytotaxa 461(2): 136–138.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->16.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND A. P. TIWARI. 2019. Floristic account of the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal, M.P., India. Indian J. Forestry 42(4): 323–336.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->17.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A., R. KR. SINGH AND B. S. KHOLIA. 2020. Pedicularis raghvendrae (Orobanchaceae) a new species from Sikkim Himalaya,India. Phytotaxa. 452 (1): 110-115.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->18.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND SINGH, R. KR. 2020. Typification of fifty one names in Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae). Phytotaxa 430 (2); 061 – 094.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->19.    <!--[endif]-->PATRUT, A.; GARG, A.; WOODBORNE, S., PATRUT, R. T.; RAKOSY, L.; RATIU, I. A. AND LOWY, D. A. 2020. Radiocarbon dating of two old African baobabs from India. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227352. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227352.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->20.    <!--[endif]-->FAROOQUI, A.; RAY, J. G. AND GARG, A. 2019. An extinct species of Basella: Pollen evidence from sediments (∼80 Ka) in Kerala, India. Grana 58(6): 399-407.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->21.    <!--[endif]-->SIKARWAR, R. L. S.; TIWARI, A. P. AND GARG, A. 2019. Spread of Alien invasive Physalis pruinosa L. an alarm to Indian Biodiversity. Indian Forester 145(8): 774 – 775.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->22.    <!--[endif]-->FAROOQUI, A., TRIPATHI, S., GARG, A.,  SHUKLA, A. N., MURTHY, S., PRASAD, V. AND SINHA, G.P.             2019. Palaeotropical lineage of Indian water primrose (Ludwigia L.) using pollen morphometric analysis.  Review of Paleobotany and Palynology 269: 64-77.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->23.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. And P. SINGH. 2018. Floristic diversity of Nawabgunj Bird sanctuary – A wetland in Uttar Pradesh. Indian J. Forestry 41(3): 273-284.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->24.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND A. P. TIWARI. 2018. Two New additions for the Angiosperm flora of Madhya Pradesh. Indian Forester 144 (1): 1222-1223.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->25.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2018. Migration route of Trifolium tomentosum L. (Fabaceae) in Bhoj Ramsar Site of Madhya Pradesh, India. Geophytology 48(2): 99-102.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->26.    <!--[endif]-->TIWARI, A.P. AND GARG, A. 2018. Four New Records of Angiosperms for Uttar Pradesh. Indian J. Forestry 41 (3): 311-313.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->27.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R. KR. AND GARG, A.. 2018. Taxonomy of the Indian Endemic Herb- Solanum  purpureilineatum Sabnis & Bhatt (Solanaceae). Indian Forester 144 (4): 336-342, 2018.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->28.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND TIWARI, A.P. 2018. Three New Records of Angiosperms for Madhya Pradesh. Indian J. Forestry 41 (1): 13-15.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->29.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R.KR. AND A.GARG. 2018. Notes on the typification of Ceropegia odorata Nimmo ex J. Graham. Indian J. Forestry 41 (1): 35-38.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->30.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A., P. KUMARI, AND A.N. SHUKLA. 2018.The awe-inspiring exhibits of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker offstage. ENVIS Newsletter 22(1): 8-9. 2017.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->31.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2017.  Honey bee response to landing guides in flowers of Smithia hirsuta Dalzell, an endemic herb of India. J. Non-Timber Forest Products 24(2): 93-96.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->32.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2017. P. K. K. Nair (1930–2017). Current Science (112) 12.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->33.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2017. Ambikeshwar sacred site in Upper Ganga – A repository of Primeval flora and cultural wealth . J. Non-Timber Forest Products 24(1): 43-46.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->34.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R.KR. AND A. GARG. 2017. Plight of the oldest Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) tree of Allahabad at Jhusi, Allahabad. Indian Forester 143(1): 67-68.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->35.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2016. Toxic plants of Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary. J. Non-Timber Forest Products 23(4): 235-238.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->36.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND B. JOSHI. 2016.  Keystone trees in Upper Ganga Ramsar Site sustaining Rose-ringed Parakeets (Psittacula Krameri) Indian Forester 143(10):1039-1040.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->37.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A., P. SINGH AND K. GARG. 2016. World’s tenth largest banyan tree at Narora in Upper Ganga Ramsar site, Uttar Pradesh, India.  Current Science 111(5): 778-779.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->38.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R. Kr. AND A. GARG. 2016. Call for conservation of the critically endangered saffron balsam of Karnataka – Impatiens raziana Bhaskar and Razi (Balsaminaceae). Indian Forester 142(8): 803-805.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->39.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2016. Ethnomedicinal Plants Used for their Roots in the Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India. J. Non-Timber Forest Products 23(2):111-115.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->40.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND V. SINGH. 2016. The exclusion zone of Narora Atomic Power Station – a control hothouse. Current Science 111(1): 11-12.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->41.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2016. Nest-Plant Correlation and Predator Preclusion in Asian Openbill Storks (Anastomus ascitans):A Case Study from Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary, India. Ind. For. 142(2): 179-186.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->42.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R. Kr. AND A. GARG. 2016. Lectotypification of the critically endangered subshrub Phyllanthus talbotii (Phyllanthaceae). Edinburgh Journ. Bot. 73(1): 133-138.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->43.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND B. JOSHI. 2015. New Record of Emilia javanica (Burm.f) C. B. Rob. and Inula falconeri Hook.f. (Asteraceae) in Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian J. Forestry. 38(4): 351-352.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->44.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND V. SINGH. 2015. Alien invasive elements of Upper Ganga Ramsar site, Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian J. Forestry. 38 (4): 383-386.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->45.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R.K., A. GARG AND PARAMJIT SINGH 2015. Typification of ten species of Litsea Lam. (Lauraceae) endemic to India. Bangladesh J. of Plant Taxon.  22(2): 77-81.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->46.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2015. P.K.K. Nair–the father of Indian Palynology. Current Science 109(12): 2315-2318 (Personal News).

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->47.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND R.K. SINGH 2015. Solanum diphyllum L. (Solanaceae) – A new record for northern India. Geophytology 45(2): 253-256.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->48.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND B. JOSHI. 2015. Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary - A versatile miniature wetland ecosystem. Geophytology 45(2): 201-208.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->49.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND B. JOSHI. 2015. Ecosystem sustenance of Upper Ganga Ramsar site through phytoremediation Geophytology 45(2): 175-180.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->50.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND R.K SINGH 2015. Notes on the Identity and Taxonomic status of two Endemic Taxa of Pedicularis L. from India. Indian J. Forestry. 38 (3): 281-283.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->51.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R.K., A. GARG AND PARAMJIT SINGH 2015. Taxonomy, lectotypification and rediscovery of Gymnosporia bailadillana (Celastraceae), a little known, criticallyendangered taxa of Chhattisgarh state, India. Phytotaxa 226 (2): 101-118.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->52.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A., B. JOSHI AND R. K. SINGH 2015. Floral-faunal mutualism and its role in sustenance of the Upper Ganga Ramsar Site in Uttar Pradesh, India. Geophytology 45(1): 87-94.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->53.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R.K. AND A. GARG 2015. A new location for Hubbardia heptaneuron (Poaceae). TAPROBANICA 07(02): 111-113. pl. 12. (Indonesia and Sri         Lanka).

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->54.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R.K., A. GARG AND PARAMJIT SINGH 2015. Lectotypification and a new synonym of Ceropegia kachinensis (Apocynaceae). Phytotaxa 197(3): 215-221.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->55.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R.K. AND A. GARG 2015. Discovery of the critically endangered bulbous herb Crinum woodrowii (Amaryllidaceae) and its Neotypification.          TAPROBANICA 07(02): 68-71. pls. 1-2. (Indonesia and Sri Lanka).

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->56.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R. K. AND ARTI GARG. 2014. Curcuma mukhraniae (Zingiberaceae), A new species from western Ghats, India. Indian J. Forestry. 37(4): 419-422.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->57.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R. K. AND A. GARG 2014. Parthenium hysterophorus L. - neither noxious nor an obnoxious weed. Indian Forester 140 (12) : 1260-1262. (IF– 0.3). 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->58.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A., V. SINGH AND R.K. SINGH 2014. Economically Valuable Wild Plant Resources of Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh. J. Non-Timber Forest Products. 21(2): 99-104.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->59.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND B. JOSHI 2014. Climate Change, Tree Canopy and Aquifer influence onwetland habitat. J. Non-Timber Forest Products. 21(1): 53-62.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->60.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2014. Are pollen herbaria redundant? Their utility in botanical studies. Curr. Sci. 106 (8): 1049-50. 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->61.    <!--[endif]-->JOSHI, B., A. GARG, RLS, SIKARWAR AND A.P. TIWARI 2014. The altered output of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. crop under differential water stress conditions. J. Natural Remedies. 14(1): 112-118.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->62.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH R.K. AND A. GARG 2014. The translocated Kurdi Angod sacred site – a conservatory of RET plants of Western Ghats. Current Science 106: 11-12.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->63.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND B. JOSHI 2013. The alien invasive species of Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh and their impact on the wetland ecosystem. Indian J. Forestry. 36(4): 517-522.  

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->64.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND R. K. SINGH 2013. Additions to the flora of West-Bengal from Darjeeling district. Indian J. Forestry. 36(3): 363-364.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->65.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND V. SINGH 2013. Siddhwari Sacred Grove in Upper Ganga Ramsar Site of Uttar Pradesh. Current Science 105 (8): 1039-1040.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->66.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A.,  R.K. SINGH, S.L. GUPTA, V. SINGH, AND Y.A. SIDDIQUI 2013. Gangetic Dolphins plead for mercy. Current Science 105 (7):  887-888.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->67.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH, R.K., A. GARG AND P.G. DIWAKAR 2013. Cryptocoryne cognata Schott and Rotala ritchiei (C.B.Clarke) Koehne - the critically endangered aquatic herbs  on verge of extinction. Current Science 105(4): 437-438.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->68.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH R.K., A. GARG AND P.G. DIWAKAR 2013. Discovery of Manmanhara, the largest flattened plateau of Karnataka and second largest in India. Current Science 105 (1): 12-13. 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->69.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH R.K., A. GARG AND P.G. DIWAKAR 2013. Discovery of Manmanhara, the largest flattened plateau of Karnataka and second largest in India. Current Science 105 (1): 12-13. 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->70.    <!--[endif]-->SINGH R.K. AND A. GARG 2013. Denuded type locality of endangered grass Isachne  mysorensis Sundararagh.- its reoccurrence in western Karnataka. Current Science 104(8): 995-996.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->71.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2013. Aroma in Origanum vulgare – a useful criterion for delimitation of taxa. Internatl. J. Adv. life sciences Applied Res. 1: 1-3.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->72.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2013. Typology of Sacred Groves and their discrimination from Sacred Sites. Current Science 104 (5): 596-99.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->73.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND V. SINGH 2013. Mandu Sacred Grove in Upper Ganga Ramsar Site, Uttar Pradesh. Current Science 104 (4): 409-10.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->74.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A.  2012. A new site for rare succulent Kleinia grandiflora (Asteraceae) in India. Indian Journal of Forestry. 35(4): 491-492.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->75.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND P. SINGH 2012. Jatamansi  ke aushadhiya upyog avam sanrakshan niti. Vanaspati Vani 21: 85-86.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->76.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND S. SACHAN. 2012. The Rare Branched Palm, Hyphaene thaibeca (L.) Mart. in an unusual site of India. Ind. J. Fundamental & Applied Life Sciences 2: 246-249.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->77.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND ROGERS,  S. ZACHARY  2011. A Palynological investigation of Daphne papyracea and Daphne bholua (Thymelaeaceae) in India.  J. Botanical Res. Inst. Texas 5 (2): 635-641.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->78.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND S. SACHAN 2010. Forensic studies using a Pollen assay. Current Science 99 (10): 1305.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->79.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2010. Invasive alien weed in India, Parthenium hysterophorus L. –Problems and Remedies. J. Non-timebr Forest products. 17(1): 81-83.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->80.    <!--[endif]-->SACHAN, S. AND A. GARG 2010. Vanaspatiyo ke Adhyatmik Sandesh.  Vanaspati Vani. 19: 157- 158.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->81.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2010. Relevance of voucher specimens in palynological publications. Current Science 99(8): 996.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->82.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2010. Adaptive responses underpinning speciation in Pedicularis L. (Scrophulariaceae) Current Science 99(6): 733-736. 2010.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->83.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2010. Micromorphological key of the leaf epidermal features of Berberis L. Taxa  JETB. 43(2): 415-418.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->84.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2010. Nomenclatural Priority; about a new combination of Pedicularis cheilanthifolia var purpurea Taiwania 55(2): 195-196

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->85.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND T. HUSAIN 2010. Sikkim Himalaya, the Megadiversity centre of Pedicularis in India. Taiwania 55(2): 186-191

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->86.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2010. Vigilance awareness in Science. Current Science 99 (11): 1494.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->87.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2008. New Records of Asteraceae for West Bengal. BOBSI 50: 101-104.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->88.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2009. Blumea lanceolaria (Roxb.) Druce var. spectabilis (DC.) Randeria (Family: Asteraceae): a new record from West Bengal with taxonomic notes. JETB 33.(4): 811-813.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->89.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND T. HUSAIN 2009. Impact of microhabitat on different species of Pedicularis L. in Himachal Pradesh: JETB 33.(4): 947-951.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->90.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND S. SACHIN 2009. Pedicularis vansh ka Vishisht Anukoolan vu Uttar Jivita. Vanaspati Vani: 18: 104-105.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->91.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2009. An insight into Pedicularis cheilanthifolia Schrenk Complex (Scrophulariaceae). Taiwania : 54(3): 266-272.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->92.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2009. Plant identification. Current Science 97(2): 131.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->93.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2009. Critical Taxonomic Appraisal of Some Taxa of Pedicularis L. from

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->94.    <!--[endif]-->           Indian Himalayas Belonging to Section Siphonanthae Taiwania 54(2): 122-133.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->95.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2009. Pollen – The underestimated treasure of Taxonomists. Current Science 96 (2). 202 – 203.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->96.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2007. New records of Asteraceae for West Bengal. Phytotaxonomy 7: 38-43.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->97.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2007. Palynology in India: What is the future? Current Science 93(5) : 593- 594.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->98.    <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2006.  Hippolyita gossypina and ---New records on Two taxa of Asteraceae from West Bengal. Rheedea. Vol 16: 69-70.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->99.    <!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T., A. GARG, P. AGNIHOTRI AND R.R. MILL 2006. A revision of Pedicularis series Curvipes (Prain) Hurus. (Orobanchaceae). Edinb. Journ. Bot. 63(1):   49-65.

100. HUSAIN, T. AND A. GARG 2006. Lectotypification of Pedicularis roylei var. speciosa

         (Scrophulariaceae) and differentiation from the type variety. Edinb. Journ. Bot.     

         62(1&2): 93-94.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->101.     <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 2004.  Reproductive Behaviour and Inbreeding depression in endangered

         Eremostachys superba Royle ex Benth. (Labiatae) in Dehra Dun population, India.    

          TAIWANIA 49(4): 237-249.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->102.     <!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T. A. GARG AND P. AGNIHOTRI 2004. Yumthang: less-known valley of  flowers in Sikkim Himalaya.  Current Science 87(9): 1166. HUSAIN, T. AND A. GARG 2004. Secondary succession in the buffer zone of  Corbett Tiger reserve, Uttaranchal.  Current Science. 87 (4): 417 – 418.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->103.     <!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T. AND A. GARG 2004. Trachycarpus takil Becc. is not a ‘rare’ palm. Current Science 86(5): 633-634.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->104.     <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND T. HUSAIN 2003. Strategies adopted by the alpine genus Pedicularis L. (Scrophulariaceae) to overcome environmental stress. Current Science 85: 1413-1414. 

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->105.     <!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T. AND A. GARG 2003. Critical comments on Pedicularis gracilis Wall. ex Benth. Complex. Taiwana 48(3): 194-196.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->106.     <!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T. AND A. GARG 2003. A new subspecies of Pedicularis zeylanica  (Scrophulariaceae) from Western Ghats of south India. Systematics and Biodiversity vol 1 (2): 173-175. (new  name for Bull. Natl. Hist. Mus. Nat.). 

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->107.     <!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T. AND A. GARG 2003. A new species of Pedicularis  (Scrophulariaceae) from Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India.  J. Jap. Bot. Vol 78 (3) : 162-166

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->108.     <!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T. AND A. GARG 2003. Pedicularis gracilis Wall. ex Benth. (Scrophulariaceae) complex in the Himalayas – A Taxonomic Reinvestigation.            Taiwania  48 (1) : 46-52

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->109.     <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND R.R. RAO 2002. Scanning Electron Microscopic Investigation of the Glandular hairs of Eremostachys superba flowers. Phytomorphology 52(2&3):161-166.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->110.     <!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T. AND A. GARG. 2002. The sanctity of Pedicularis bicornuta Kl. ex Kl. & Garcke (Scrophulariaceae) in the Indian cold desearts of Lahaul-Spiti.       Current Science 83(8): 929-930.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->111.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A AND T. HUSAIN 2002. Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae)- An underinvestigated genus of botanically  curious plants. Current Science : 83 (2) : 10-11.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->112.<!--[endif]-->RAO, R.R., T. HUSAIN, B. DUTT AND A. GARG. 1999. Palynology of Berberis in relation to Taxonomy. Rheedea. 9(2): 115-146.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->113.<!--[endif]-->RAO, R.R., T. HUSAIN, B. DUTT AND A. GARG 1998. Revision of the family Berberidaceae of the Indian Region-II. Rheedea 8(2) 109-143.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->114.<!--[endif]-->RAO, R.R., T. HUSAIN, B. DUTT AND A. GARG 1998. Revision of the family Berberidaceae of India-I.  Rheedea. 8(1) : 1-66.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->115.<!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T., R.R. RAO AND A. GARG 1998. Berberis lycium complex in India. Feddes Reper. 109 (1998) 5-6 : 385 – 392.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->116.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 1998. Ageratum conyzoides L. an important bee forage plant in Kumaon regions, Uttar Pradesh. Geophytology 26 (2) : 83 – 87.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->117.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND R.R. RAO 1997. Pollen limitation in endangered Eremostachys superba. TAIWANIA. 42 (4) : 307 – 315.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->118.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A., T. HUSAIN AND R.R. RAO. 1997. Palynological evidence supporting the identity of two taxa of Berberis (Berberidaceae) from Tibet.  SIDA 17 (3): 575 - 578.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->119.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND R.R. RAO 1997. Observations on the reproductive biology of endangered Eremostachys superba (Labiatae). Proceedings of Ind. Nat. Sci. Acad. B 63 (142) : 79 - 88.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->120.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND R.R. RAO 1997. Anthecological relationship between Eremostachys superba and its pollinator. TAIWANIA 42 (2) : 99 - 103.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->121.<!--[endif]-->GARG. A. 1997. Palynotaxonomic studies in two species of Nymphoides. J.E.T.B. 21 (1) : 151 - 154.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->122.<!--[endif]-->GARG. A. 1997. Apiculture and its role in economy - A case study from Bhimtal. J.E.T.B. 21 (1) : 53 - 65.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->123.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND R.R. RAO 1996. Pollination ecology of endangered Eremostachys superba (Labiatae). TAIWANIA 41 (4) : 309 - 321.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->124.<!--[endif]-->RAO, R.R., T.S. RANA, B. DATT AND A. GARG 1995-96. Identifying rare, endangered and endemic species - The Indian scene. Jour. of Mysore Univ., Section B: Sci. Jour. Vol. 34 : 1 - 11.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->125.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A. 1995. Palynocontents of bee-collected pollen loads of Autumn season from Bhimtal, India. TAIWANIA 41 (3) : 167 - 177.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->126.<!--[endif]-->RAJESHWARI, S., R.R. RAO AND A. GARG1995. Agrostis musjidii S. Rajeshwari, R.R. Rao et Arti (Poaceae). A new species from Jammu and Kashmir in India. The Jour. Of the Ind. Botanical Soc. 74 : 333 - 334.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->127.<!--[endif]-->HUSAIN, T., B. DATT, A. GARG AND R.R. RAO 1995. Berberis sanei Husain et. al.(Berberidaceae) a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Bull. Mus. Natl. History Nat. Paris - Adansonia  17 (1-2) : 69 - 73.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->128.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND P.K.K. NAIR 1994. Seasonal analysis of Honey bee pollen loads from            temperate zone in Kumaon Himalaya in Uttar Pradesh, India. 1. Spring season loads from Bhimtal area. Jour. of Palynology 30 : 1 - 34.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->129.<!--[endif]-->PANT, P.C., R.R. RAO AND A. GARG 1994. Anaphalis kashmiriana P.C. Pant, R.R. Rao et Arti, A new species of compositae from Kashmir, India. Jour. Of Japanese Botany 69 : 258 – 261.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->130.<!--[endif]--> RAJESHWARI, S., R.R. RAO AND A. GARG 1994. A new species of Poa L. (Poaceae) from Ladakh, India. Jour. of Japanese Botany  69 : 157 - 161.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->131.<!--[endif]-->RAJESHWARI, S., R.R. RAO AND A. GARG 1994. An undescribed Saccharum (Poaceae) from Northeast Himalaya, India. SIDA 16 (1) : 33 – 36.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->132.<!--[endif]-->RAO, R.R. AND A. GARG 1994. Can Eremostachys superba be saved from extinction. Current Science 67 (2) : 80 - 81.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->133.<!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND P.K.K. NAIR 1993. Honey bee pollen load as a bioindicator of bee pasturage in India. Jour. of Palynology 29 : 87 - 107.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->134.<!--[endif]-->AGARWAL, A. AND P.K.K. NAIR 1989. Free and protein bound amino acids of pollen of Acacia auriculaeformis A. Cunn. (Mimosaceae). Grana 28 : 155 - 157.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->135.<!--[endif]-->AGARWAL, A., S.K. NIGAM AND P.K.K. NAIR 1986. Chemurgy of pollen from Acacia auriculaeformis A. Cunn. (Mimosaceae) Jour. of Palynology 22:147 - 152.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->136.<!--[endif]-->AGARWAL, A., S.K. NIGAM AND P.K.K. NAIR 1986. A preliminary study on the chemical analysis of the pollen grain of Acacia auriculaeformis A. Cunn. (Mimosaceae) Journal of Palynology 22 : 103 - 104.

 

B. Books:

01. SINGH, R. KR. AND GARG, A. 2020. Floristic Diversity of Valmiki Tiger Reserve, West Champaran             District, Bihar. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi. ISBN-9788170196747.

02. GARG, A. 2019. Flora of Shaheed Chandra Shekhar Azaad Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India,  Kolkata. ISBN 978-81-934758-74

03. HUSAIN, T., A. GARG AND P. AGNIHOTRI 2010. Genus Pedicularis L. (Scrophulariaceae) in India (A revisionary study) Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh,  Canaught  place,Dehradun, Uttaranchal. ISBN 978-81-211-0735-8

04. GARG, A. 2006. Bee Botany of Bhimtal in Western Himalayas. Melissopalynological analysis. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh,  Canaught  place, Dehradun, Uttaranchal. ISBN-81-211-0553-6

 

C. Book chapters: 

01. SHILPI DAS AND ARTI GARG. 2020. ‘Dipsacaceae’ in Flowering Plants of India, An annotated Checklist. Vol. I. –Dicotyledons. (eds. A.A.Mao & S.S.Dash) 2020. 709-712. ISBN: 978-81-9452291-1.

02. GARG, A. 2020. ‘Valerianaceae’ in Flowering Plants of India, An annotated Checklist. Vol. I. –Dicotyledons. (eds. A.A.Mao & S.S.Dash) 2020. 709-712. ISBN: 978-81-9452291-1.

03. GARG, A., MAURYA, O.N., SHUKLA, A. N., DEBTA, M.R., VERMA, A.K., KUMAR, A., GANTAIT, S., MUNSI, M. AND KUMAR, A. 2020. ‘Scrophulariaceae’ in Flowering Plants of India, An annotated Checklist. Vol. II. –Dicotyledons. (eds. S.S.Dash & A.A.Mao) 2020. 205-238.ISBN: 978-81-9452291-1.

04. ANSARI, A. A. AND GARG, A. 2019. Ceratophyllaceae, in Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV  Convolvulaceae – Ceratophyllaceae (eds. P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S.Dash, Paramjit Singh & H. J. Chowdhery). 692 - 693. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4  

05. MAITY, K.L. AND GARG, A.  2019. Betulaceae, in Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV  Convolvulaceae – Ceratophyllaceae (eds. P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S.Dash, Paramjit Singh & H. J. Chowdhery). 676 - 678. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4 

06. GARG, A. 2019. Cannabaceae, in Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV  Convolvulaceae – Ceratophyllaceae (eds. P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S.Dash, Paramjit Singh & H. J. Chowdhery). 637 - 638. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4  

07. BASU, D. AND GARG, A. 2019. Elaeagnaceae, in Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV  Convolvulaceae – Ceratophyllaceae (eds. P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S.Dash, Paramjit Singh & H. J. Chowdhery). 468 - 470. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4 

08.  GHOSH, A. K. AND GARG, A. 2019. Proteaceae, in Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV  Convolvulaceae – Ceratophyllaceae (eds. P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S.Dash, Paramjit Singh & H. J. Chowdhery). 463 - 464. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4

09. GHOSH, A. K. AND GARG, A. 2019. Chloranthaceae, in Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV Convolvulaceae – Ceratophyllaceae (eds. P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S.Dash, Paramjit Singh & H. J. Chowdhery). 427 - 428. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4  

10. GHARA, L. K. AND GARG, A. 2019. Chenopodiaceae, in Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV Convolvulaceae – Ceratophyllaceae (eds. P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S.Dash, Paramjit Singh & H. J. Chowdhery).: 387 - 391. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4

11. KUMAR, S. AND GARG, A. 2019. LAMIACEAE [=LABIATAE] (s.s) in Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV Convolvulaceae – Ceratophyllaceae (eds. P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S.Dash, Paramjit Singh & H. J. Chowdhery): 288-359. Botanical Survey of India, MOEF&CC, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4

12. MANDAL, S. K. AND GARG, A. 2019.  ‘Orobanchaceae’ in Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV Convolvulaceae – Ceratophyllaceae: 136 - 140. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4

13. GARG, A. 2019. Tribe ‘Stachydeae’ (=Lamieae) in P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S. Dash, P.Singh, P. and Chowdhery, H.J. (eds.). Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV Convolvulaceae –Ceratophyllaceae: 345 - 359. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.

14. GARG, A. 2019. Tribe ‘Prasieae’ in: P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S. Dash, P. Singh, and Chowdhery, H.J. (eds.), Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV Convolvulaceae –       Ceratophyllaceae:  319 - 321. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4

15. GARG, A. 2019. Tribe ‘Ajugae’ in P. Lakshminarsimhan, S.S. Dash, P. Singh, and Chowdhery, H.J. (eds.). Flora of West Bengal Vol. IV Convolvulaceae –       Ceratophyllaceae: 289-291. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN: 818177054-4

16. GARG, A. 2016. Asteraceae in Flora of West Bengal, III, Fl. India, Series – 2, Apiaceae –Boraginaceae (ed. Ranjan et al). Pp. 152-290. Bot Surv. India, MOEF.

17. GARG, A. AND P. SINGH. 2016. The Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh A conservatory of medicinally useful Plants. In, Conservation of Medicinal Plants – Traditional and Modern Approaches, ed. Chourasia, H.K., Omega         Publications, Daryagunj, New Delhi.  Pg. 306-319.

18. GARG, A. AND V. SINGH 2016. Traditional conservation of medicinal plants in sacred lands of the Upper Ganga Ramsar Site in Uttar Pradesh. In, Conservation of Medicinal Plants – Traditional and Modern Approaches, ed. Chourasia, H.K., Omega Publications, Daryagunj, New Delhi. Pg. 18-27.

19. GARG, A. AND S. SACHAN 2014. Palynology and techniques of pollen preparation. In, Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics – Classical and modern Methods, eds. Rana T. S., Nair, K. N. and Upreti, D.K., New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi.

20. JOSHI, B., A. GARG AND A.P. TIWARI 2012. Plant Growth response to climate change at elevated levels of Atmospheric CO2. In. Emerging Environmental Challenges and Solution Imperatives. eds.  H.P. Pandey and A.S. Singh. Raj Graphics 19/13, University Rd. Allahabad, U.P., India.

21. GARG, A. 2011. The implications of Palynological Studies in Taxonomy. In Workshop on Methods and Approaches in Plant Systematics.5th to 14th Dec. 2011. Pg. 269-287. CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow.

D. Hindi articles:

01.  GARG, A. 2022. Vanaspati Udyan va aaj ke parivesh mei inki avashyakta – ek Saransh.   

            Mandaliyafal,  shak, bhaji evam pushp pradarshni. Smarika: 7-8.

02. GARG, A. AND SHUKLA, A. N. 2019. Nawabgunj Pakshi Vihar. Paryavaran - Pakshi         Visheshank  69: 47 – 51.

03. SINGH, V. AND GARG. A. 2017. Pharmacognosy – a blended Science. Van Sangyan

4(4):17-18.

04. ARTI GARG. 2017. Upari Ganga Ramsar site ke vaanaspatik sarvekshan ki rochak yatra. 

Vanaspati Vaani. 26: 80-84.

05. ARTI GARG AND SINGH, P. 2016. Paawan Bhoomi – Upper Ganga Ramsar site ka

Vaanaspatik sanrakshan mei yogdaan. Vanaspati Vaani. 25: 80-85.

06. SINGH,P. AND GARG, A. 2016. Buransh (Rhododendron arboretum): ek manmohak

evam gunkaari vanaspati. Vanaspati Vaani. 25: 111- 112.

07. GARG, A., P. LAXHMINARSIMHAN AND P. SINGH. 2015. Lakshadweep ki Jaiv

vividhta. Vanaspati Vani. 24: 4-8. 

08. GARG, A. AND SINGH,P. 2015. Van Kakri (Podophyllum hexandrum) ke aushdhiya

upyog evam sanrakshan niti. Vanaspati Vani. 24: 56. 

 

 

E. Popular articles:

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->01.  <!--[endif]-->Sankatgrast sarpgandha ko bachane ki jugat mei vaigyanik. Hindustan, 11 Nov., 2022

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->02.  <!--[endif]-->Barabanki hi nahi, Prayagraj mei bhi duniya ka dusra sabse umradaraj Kalpvriksh. Dainik Jagaran, 26 June 2022.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->03.  <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND A.N. SHUKLA 2019. Nawabgunj Pakshi Vihar. Paryavaran 69: 47-51.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->04.  <!--[endif]-->Arti Garg and Bhavana Joshi. 2016. On the occurrence of Baringtonia acutangularis (Lecythidaceae) in Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh. ENVIS Newsletter 21(1):8.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->05.  <!--[endif]-->SINGH, PUSHPI AND A. GARG 2016. Buransh (Rhododendron arboretum): ek manmohak evam gunkaari vanaspati. Vanaspati Vaani. 25: 111- 112.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->06.  <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND PUSHPI SINGH. 2016. Paawan Bhoomi – Upper Ganga Ramsar site ka           vaanaspatik sanrakshan mei yogdaan. Vanaspati Vaani. 25: 80-85.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->07.  <!--[endif]-->GARG, A., P. LAXHMINARSIMHAN AND PUSHPI SINGH 2015. Lakshadweep ki Jaiv       vividhta. Vanaspati Vani. 24: 4-8. (in Hindi).

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->08.  <!--[endif]--> GARG, A. AND PUSHPI SINGH 2015. Van Kakri (Podophyllum hexandrum) ke aushdhiya upyog evam sanrakshan niti. Vanaspati Vani. 24: 56. (in Hindi).

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->09.  <!--[endif]--> GARG, A. AND B. JOSHI 2014. Shahad – ek moolyavan khadya samagri. Vigyan Pragati  (Vishv prakriti sanrakshan divas par vishesh). July 2014. 54-57. Hindi article

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->10.  <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND V.K. SINGH 2013. Upari Ganga Ramsar Site (Brij Ghat se Narora) Ke Kuch Mahatvapurna Aushadhiya Paudhe. Vanaspati Vani 22: 87-89.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->11.  <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND P. SINGH 2013. Nawabgunj Pakshi Abhyaranya ki Vanaspatik Vividhta Vanaspati Vani 22: 12-14.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->12.  <!--[endif]-->GARG, A. AND R.K. GUPTA 2008. Madak paudha “Cannabis sativa” ke prati jagrookta. Vanaspati Vani  17: 86-89

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->13.  <!--[endif]-->Beekeeping : An important self-occupation for rural women  EMPLOYMENT NEWS XXXII  no. 44. New Delhi. Dated 2-8 FEBRUARY 2008. PP. 1.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->14.  <!--[endif]-->Biodiversity assessment & Taxonomic revision of the genus Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae). In Plant Biodiversity and Conservation Biology - Angiosperm  Taxonomy & Biodiversity studies.  Annual Report 2002-2003. NBRI, Lucknow.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->15.  <!--[endif]-->Botanists’ bid to saivage ornamental herb. In ‘Times of India’, dated 11.03.97.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->16.  <!--[endif]-->Call to save vanishing plant species.In ‘The Hindustan Times’, dated 11.03.97.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->17.  <!--[endif]-->Ornamental herb faces extinction. In ‘The Hindu’, dated 10.03.97

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->18.  <!--[endif]-->Vanishing herb - a challenge for botanists. In ‘The Pioneer’, dated 10.03.97.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->19.  <!--[endif]-->Studies on Endangered species - in section round-up NBRI Newsletters xx: 38 - 39. 1993.

 

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS:

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->A.     <!--[endif]-->New taxa described:

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->01.   <!--[endif]-->Pedicularis raghvendae Arti Garg & R.Kr.Singh

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->02.   <!--[endif]-->Curcuma mukhraniae R. Kr. Singh & Arti Garg - from Western Ghats, India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->03.   <!--[endif]-->Pedicularis anamallyensis T. Husain & Arti Garg – from Western Ghats, India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->04.   <!--[endif]-->Pedicularis pushpangdanii T. Husain & Arti Garg – from Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->05.   <!--[endif]-->Agrostis musjidii Rajeshwari, R.R.Rao & Arti Garg – from Jammu & Kashmir, North west Himalaya, India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->06.   <!--[endif]-->Berberis sanei Husain, Datt, Arti garg a& R.R.Rao from Arunachal Pradesh, India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->07.   <!--[endif]-->Anaphalis kashmiriana P.C.Punt, R.R.Rao & Arti Garg from Kashmir, India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->08.   <!--[endif]-->Poa chusualana Rajeshwari, R.R.Rao & Arti Garg – from Laddakh, Jammu & Kashmir, North west Himalaya, India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->09.   <!--[endif]-->Saccharum stewartii Rajeshwari, R.R.Rao & Arti Garg – from Jammu & Kashmir, North west Himalaya, India.

 

B. New distributional records to India and region:

01. Solanum diphyllum L. (Solanaceae) -  Central India.

02. Myriactis nepalensis Less. (Asteraceae) – Chhattisgarh.

03. Pedicularis longiflora Rudolf var. tubiformis (Klotzsch) P.C. Tsoong– Arunachal Pradesh

04. Pedicularis megalantha D. Don(Scrophulariaceae)  - Arunachal Pradesh

05. Pedicularis pantlingi Prain (Scrophulariaceae) - Arunachal Pradesh

06. Pedicularis trichoglossa Hook.f. (Scrophulariaceae) - Arunachal Pradesh

07. Hygrophila ringens (L.) R. Br. ex Sperng. – Madhya Pradesh

08. Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. (Verbenaceae) – Madhya Pradesh

09. Portulaca tuberosa Roxb. (Portulacaceae) – Madhya Pradesh

10. Solanum diphyllum L. (Solanaceae) – Madhya Pradesh

11. Boehmeria penduliflora Wedd. ex D. G. Long (Urticaceae) – Uttar Pradesh

12. Hewettia malabarica (L.) Suresh (Convolvulaceae) – Uttar Pradesh

13. Lantana veronicifolia Hayek (Verbenaceae) – Uttar Pradesh

14. Potentilla gelida C. A. Mey (Rosaceae) – Uttar Pradesh

15. Emilia javanica (Burm.f.) C. B. Rob (Asteraceae) – Uttar Pradesh

16. Inula falconeri Hook.f. (Asteraceae) – Uttar Pradesh

17. Solanum diphyllum L. (Solanaceae) -  Northern India.

18. Crinum woodrowii Baker ex W. Watson – Maharashtra

19. Gomphostemma mastersii Benth. ex Hook.f. (Lamiaceae) – West Bengal

20. Phlomis bracteosa Royle ex Benth. (Lamiaceae) – West Bengal

21. Phlomis tibetica C. Marquand & Airy Shaw (Lamiaceae)  – West Bengal

22. Klienia grandiflora (Wall. ex DC.)N. Rani (Asteraceae) – West Bengal

23. Adenostemma laevinia (L.) Kuntze var. rugosum (DC)Ram Lal (Asteraceae) - W. Bengal

24. Anaphalis subumbellata C.B. Clarke (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

25. Amberboa ramose (Roxb.) Jafri (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

26. Centaurea cyanus L. (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

27. Dyssodia tenuifolia Loes. (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

28. Gynura lycopersicaefolia DC. (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

29. Helichrysum bracteatun (Vent.) Andr. var. bracteatum (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

30. Helichrysum bracteatun (Vent.) Andr. var. albidum DC. (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

31. Ligularia retusa DC. (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

32. Tagetes minuta L. (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

33. Vernonia arborea Buch.-ham. (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

34. Blumea lanceolaria (Roxb.)Druce var. spectabilis (DC.) Randeria– W.Bengal.

35. Carpesium scapiforme Chen & Hu. (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

36. Carpesium cernuum L. (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

37. Carpesium scapiforme Chen & Hu. var. cernuum (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

38. Carpesium scapiforme Chen & Hu. var. pendulosum Wall. ex C.B. Clarke (Asteraceae)–     

      West Bengal.

39. Hyppolitia gossypina Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B. Clarke (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

40. Lactuca decipiens C.B. Clarke (Asteraceae) – West Bengal.

 

 

2. Any other novelties:

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->01.  <!--[endif]-->Rediscovery Pedicularis denudata Hook. after 135 from India

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->02.  <!--[endif]-->Discovery of World’s tenth largest banyan tree at Narora in Upper Ganga Ramsar site, Uttar Pradesh, India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->03.  <!--[endif]-->World’s oldest living Adansonia digitata Dubard after Africa, in India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->04.  <!--[endif]-->World’s oldest Manilkara hexandra L. tree in Uttar Pradesh

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->05.  <!--[endif]-->An extinct species Basella keralansis from Kerala in India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->06.  <!--[endif]-->Lectotypified fifty one names of the genus Pedicularis L. in India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->07.  <!--[endif]-->Lectotypified ten names of the genus Litsea L. in India.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->08.  <!--[endif]-->Discovery of Siddhwari Sacred Grove in Uttar Pradesh.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->09.  <!--[endif]-->Discovery of ManduSacred Grove in Uttar Pradesh.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->10.  <!--[endif]-->Discovery of Manmanhara, the largest flattened plateau of Karnataka.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->11.  <!--[endif]-->Recurrence of Isachne mysorensis Sundararagh. In Karnataka

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->12.  <!--[endif]-->Yumthang – less known valley of flowers in Sikkim Himalaya.

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: Floristics, Taxonomy of Angiosperms, Micromorphology

SPECIAL INTEREST : Study of Ramsar Sites

PRESENTLY WORKING ON FAMILY / TRIBE / GENUS OR FLORA OF (AREA) :

Flora of Haiderpur Wetland-A Ramsar site, Muzaffarnagar & Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh (2022-2024)

PHONE : 0532-2250179, MOBILE :8100067689

E-MAIL : onmaurya[at]bsi[dot]gov[dot]in

ON GOING OTHER PROJECTS : 

Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. I(2022-2024).(Revised Edition- 135 species of selected families)

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

1. ‘Flora of India-Vol.19’ (Orobanchaceae and part of Scrophulariaceae) (2020): A total of 239 spp. of angiosperm were documented.

2. Flora of East Kolkata Wetland- A Ramsar site ,West Bengal (2018-2019): Altogether a total of 531 species were collected and documented.

3.  Floristic diversity of Eco-sensitive zone of Nagi dam Bird Sanctuary,Bihar(2018-19): A total of 194 species of angiosperms were reported and documented.

4. Flora of Udaipur Wildlife Sanctuary’,Bettiah,WestChamparan, Bihar (2017- 2019):A total of 278 species of angiosperms were documented and 05 species of pteridophytes making it a total of 283 species.

5. Flora of Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Wildlife Sanctuary’, Bhagalpur, Bihar (2013- 2016):One new record of angiosperm for India and six new record of algae for India was reported. A total of 149 species of angiosperm was reported.

6. Flora of Udhwa lake bird Wildlife Sanctuary’, Sahibganj, Jharkhand (2012-2013): 113 species of angiosperms were documented.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

A. Research articles/papers:

1. Maurya,Onkar Nath & Shil, Tanay(2021) Nymphaea rubra Roxb.ex Andrews (Nymphaeaceae) a medicinally important species from Kabar lake Ramsar site. SACON ENVIS Newsletter - Sarovar Saurabh,17(1):5.
2. Shil,Tanay & Maurya,O.N.(2021) Setaria barbata (Lam.) Kunth, a common grass in Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah. BSI Envis Newsletter 26(1):9-10.
3. Shil,Tanay & Maurya,O.N.(2021) Economic uses of a wetland weed Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae) in West Bengal,India. BSI Envis Newsletter 26(2):6-10.
4. Shil,Tanay & Maurya,O.N.(2021) Spider Hibiscus. BSI Envis Newsletter 26(2):3-4.
5. Kumar, Anand & Maurya, Onkar Nath (2020) Nomenclature notes on type materials of six names in Linderniaceae, Botany Letters,167:3, 378-387.DOI: 10.1080/23818107.2020.1774413.

6. Kumar, Anand; Sachan, Saurabh; Shil,Tanay and Maurya,OnkarNath(2020) An  Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of the Udaipur wildlife sanctuary, West Champaran, Bihar, India. Tropical Plant Research7(1): 209–228.DOI:10.22271/tpr.2020.v7.i1.027.

 

7. Kumar,A & Maurya O.N.(2020) Typification of two accepted names and one synonym in the genus Nepeta L. Adansonia, sér. 3, 42 (11): 219-225.

https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2020v42a11.

 

8. Kumar A, Maurya O.N.(2020) Lectotypification of Boschniakiahimalaica, the basionymof Xylanchehimalaica (Orobanchaceae). Rheedea 30(3):404-406. DOI :https://dx.doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.03.08.

 

9. Verma, A. K.; Srivastava, Sarita; Maurya, Onkar Nath; Chauhan, Rajveer Singh & Lahiri, Rashmi(2020) Realization of Paleopolyploidy through Cytogenetic and Phylogenetic Characterization of Ten Species of Senna Mill., Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae.  International Journal of Plant and Environment 6(4): 283-291.  DOI: 10.18811/ijpen.v6i04.7

 

10. Kumar, Anand;Maurya, OnkarNath&Bandopadhyay, Subir (2020) Proposal to add anew example after article 11.4. Taxon 69(3):633. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12257.

 

11. Shil, Tanay & Maurya,Onkar Nath(2020) A note on the uses of Nymphaea pubescens Willd. (Nymphaeaceae) in Katihar district, Bihar. BSI Envis Newsletter 25(1):4-5.

 

12. Shil, Tanay&Maurya,O.N.(2019) Little seed canary grass. BSI Envis Newsletter 24(2):3-4.

13.  Maurya, OnkarNath&Bharti,Avinash Kumar(2019) Floristic diversity of Eco-sensitive zone of Nagi dam Bird Sanctuary', Bihar. Indian Journal of Forestry,42(2):109-115.

 

14.  Kumar A, Maurya ON.(2019)Notes on the typification of three names in Indian Ranunculus L. (Ranunculaceae).Plant Science Today6(4):403-406.

 

15. Maurya,O.N.; Sachan,Saurabh &Kumar,Anand(2018)Notes on medicinal status of Dregeavolubilis (Apocyanaceae). BSI Envis Newsletter 23(2):4.

 

16.  Bharti,Avinash Kumar &Maurya, OnkarNath(2019)A checklist of angiosperms in the eco-sensitive zone of Nakti dam Bird Sanctuary, Jamui district, Bihar. Phytotaxonomy 18:69-77.

 

17. Pathak,Manohar;Kumar,Rajesh;Singh,ManishKumar;Maurya,O.N. &Bharti,Avinash Kumar(2018) A review on Traditional Larvicidal Plants. Mintage Journal of Pharmaceutical & Medical Sciences7(3): 1-9.

 

18. Das, Sudipta Kumar&Maurya, OnkarNath (2015) Floristic Survey of Algae in Vikramshila  Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, Bihar (India).Nelumbo57:1-11.

 

19.  Maurya, OnkarNath; Kumar, Anand; Krishna, Gopal &Halder, Suman(2015) On the Occurrence of a  non –native plant species Bromelia penguin L.(Bromeliaceae) in  India, Phytodiversity 2(1):32-38.

 

20. Maurya, OnkarNath(2014) Floristic Diversity of Udhwa lake bird Wildlife sanctuary, Sahibganj, Jharkhand. In National Conference on Biodiversity- Issues, Concerns and Future Strategies,p.p.-172.
21. Selvem, A.B.D.; Maurya, O.N.; Subir Bandopadhyay; Singh,Devendra & Das, Kanad(2013) Role of Scanning Electron Microscopy in Plant Taxonomy. In InternationalConference onElectron Microscopy, p.p.-65.
22. Verma, C.L.; Maurya, O.N. &Upadhyay, N.(2008)Micromorphological studies on foliar surface of Aegle marmelos(L.)Correa.J. of App. Biosc.34(2):311-314.

 

23. Maurya, O.N.; Verma, C.L. &Bajpai, Usha(2003)Micromorphological studies on the family Rutaceae. In National Conference on Biodiversity and Applied Biology of  Plants, p.p.-67.

 

24. Shukla, Saumya&Maurya, O.N.(2002) Morphological variations in the forms of leaves of Murraya peniculata(L.) Jack. In National Conference on Biodiversity- Past &Present,p.p.- 103.
25. Maurya, O.N. &Verma, C.L.(2002) Diversity of Foliar epidermis in Citrus L. In National Conference on Biodiversity- Past & Present, p.p. 44-45B.

B.  Books:

1.        Onkar Nath Maurya, Anand Kumar & Saurabh Sachan (2021) The Flora of the Udaipur Wildlife Sanctuary, West Champaran, Bihar, India,1-183. Published by Director, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN:978-81-949913-4-2.

 

C. Book chapters: 

1.       Singh, Basant Kumar; Karthigeyan,K.; Maurya,Onkar Nath & Bharti,Kumar Avinash(2020) Agro Flora. In Biodiversity Profile of East Kolkata Wetlands(Eds. Kailash Chandra, C.Raghunathan & A.A.Mao) :290-296.

ISBN No.-978-81-8171-547-0.

 

2.      Karthigeyan,K.; Maurya, Onkar Nath; Singh, Basant Kumar; & Bharti,Kumar Avinash(2020) Floral Diversity. In Biodiversity Profile of East Kolkata Wetlands(Eds. Kailash Chandra, C.Raghunathan & A.A.Mao) :297-317.

ISBN No.-978-81-8171-547-0.

 

3.      Karthigeyan,K.; Singh, Basant Kumar; Bharti,Kumar Avinash & Maurya, Onkar Nath (2020) Invasive Alien Plants. In Biodiversity Profile of East Kolkata Wetlands(Eds. Kailash Chandra, C.Raghunathan & A.A.Mao) :318-326.

ISBN No.-978-81-8171-547-0.

 

4.      Maurya, OnkarNath (2018) Floristic Assessment of Udhwa Lake Bird Wildlife Sanctuary,   Sahibganj,Jharkhand. In Plant Systematics & Biotechnology: Challenges and  Opportunities(Eds. H.K. Chourasia& D.P. Mishra) :245-254.

 

5.      Verma,Smriti;Maurya,OnkarNath&Verma, Ashutosh,Kumar(2018) Medicinal Plants:Green Elixir for Cancer Treatment. In Dynamics of Ecosystem and Climate change in India(Eds.AbhishekAwasthi,A.K. Singh &Anshu Sharma):295-307.

 

6.      Verma, C.L.; Maurya, O.N. &Bajpai, Usha(2004)Micromorphology of two species of Murraya(L.) Jack. In Vistas in Palaeobotany and Plant Morphology: Prof. D.D.Pant. Memo. Vol., P.C. Srivastava(eds.) : 409-414.

 

D. Hindi articles:

1.      Singh, Amit Kumar & Maurya,Onkar Nath (2020) Paudho me Khaniz poshan tatva evam unke kami ke lakshan. Vanashpati Vani 29:33-36. ISBN:09758-4342.

 

2.      Rawat,V.K., Shukla,A.N., Maurya,O.N. & Agarwala, Dinesh (2020) Padap Vargikaran aur paryavaran sanrakshan tathya. Vanashpati Vani 29:08-18. ISBN:09758-4342.

 

3.      OnkarNathMaurya; Kumar, AvinashBharati & Ashutosh Verma (2019) Chota Sitara Jhari( Wrightia antidysentrica)- Ek Parichay. Vanashpati Vani 28:64. ISBN:09758-4342.

 

4.      OnkarNathMaurya, AshutoshVerma& Kumar AvinashBharati (2018) Top Gola(Cannon Ball) Vriksha- An Introduction. Vanashpati Vani 27:63.ISBN:09758-4342.

 

5.      Onkar Nath Maurya, Saurabh Sachan & AnandKumar(2018)  Udaipur Vanya JeevAbhyarankiVanaspatikVividhata. Vanashpati Vani 27:27-30.ISBN:09758-4342.

 

6.      Maurya, OnkarNath(2013) Prof. Birbalsahni – EkParichay. Vanashpati Vani 22:146-147.ISBN:09758-4342.

 

E. Popular articles:

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SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS:

A. New distributional records to India and region:

1. Bromelia pinguin L. (Bromeliaceae)

2. Aphanocapsa incerta (Lemmerm.) Cornberg & Komárek,

3. Chroococcopsis epiphytica Geitler,

4. Cosmarium ornatum Ralfs ex Ralfs,

5. Euastrum verrucosum Ehrenb. ex Ralfs var. reductum Nordst.,

6. Navicula parietina Kütz.

7.Entomoneis alata (Ehrenb.) Ehrenb.

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION     :           Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding

SPECIAL INTEREST                     :           Cytotaxonomy

PRESENTLY WORKING ON FAMILY / TRIBE / GENUS OR FLORA OF (AREA):  

1. Flora of Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.
2. Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol- I including Pictorial Checklist

PHONE : 9450024902

E-MAIL :  akverma@bsi.gov.in;  simashutosh@rediffmail.com

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

 

1. Morphological and cytological studies of selected plants from CRC, garden, Allahabad (2020-21):  Worked out 51 species of plants in morphological and cytological frame.

 

2. Flora of India Volume-19 (2019-20): Completed taxonomic description of species of assigned 07 genera.

 

3. Cytotaxonomical studies of some selected taxa of Indian subtribe Cassiinae Irwin & Barneby. (2018-2019). Worked out 25 plant species of subtribe Cassiinae in Cytotaxonomical frame.

  

4. Flora of Chhattisgarh Monocot- Potamogetonaceae, Eriocaulaceae and  Cyperaceae. (2016-2018):    Completed taxonomic description of assigned 122 plant species.

 

5. Molecular and biochemical investigations in antidiabetic plant Gymnema ­­­sylvestre R. Br. (2015-2017): Submitted transcriptome data of G. sylvestre R. Br. to (ID-SUB1549550; SUB 1549558) NCBI; identified 5 Molecular peaks for identification of G. sylvestre based herbal formulations; developed a Cytological marker system for identification of high gymnemic acid yielding accessions of   G. sylvestre R. Br.

 

6. Cytological investigation of some selected angiosperms of AJCBIBG, Howrah. (2015-16):  Reported new chromosome count for 60 plant species of AJCBIBG, Howrah.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

A. Research articles/papers:

 

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->1.                  <!--[endif]-->RANJANA, M. BINWAL, A.K. VERMA, D.U. BAWANKULE, N. TIWARI AND K. SHANKER 2022. Stimulation of glucose uptake by glycosides from Alectra parasitica subsp. chitrakutensis (M.A. Rau) K.K. Khanna & An. Kumar: An in-vitro study of TNF-α induced insulin resistance in L6 myoblasts. Natural Product Research  DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2022.2112957

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->2.                  <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K.  AND A. GARG 2022. Male meiosis, sporad analysis and pollen viability in a threatened medicinal plant Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz. Journal of Medicinal Botany  Vol-6 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25081/jmb.2022.v6.7950

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->3.                  <!--[endif]-->DAS, P., K. KHARE, R.P. SINGH, V. YADAV, P. TRIPATHI, A. KUMAR, V. PANDEY, P. GAUR, A. SINGH, R. DAS, C. HIREMATH, A.K. VERMA,  A.K. SHUKLA AND K. SHANKAR 2021. Arsenic- induced differential expression of oxidative stress and secondary metabolite content in two genotypes of Andrographis paniculata. Journal of Hazardous Materials https://doi.org/10.1016/j. jhazmat.2020.124302.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->4.                  <!--[endif]-->KUMAR R., A.K. KHARE, A.K. VERMA AND K.A. BHARTI 2020. Diversity of angiosperms in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian J. of Forestry  43(3): 212-227.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->5.                  <!--[endif]-->VERMA A.K., S. SRIVASTAVA, O.N. MAURYA, R.S. CHUHAN AND  R. LAHIRI 2020. Realization of paleopolyploidy through cytogenetic and phylogenetic characterization of ten species of Senna Mill., Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae. International  Journal of Plant and Environment. 6(4): 283-291.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->6.                  <!--[endif]-->LAHIRI, R., JYOTSHANA, A.K. VERMA, K. SHANKER AND R.K. LAL 2020. Inheritance pattern and association study of agronomical traits in 47 elite accessions/ genotypes of Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.).  Trends in Phytochemical Research.  4(1)25-20.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->7.                  <!--[endif]-->JYOTSHNA, A.C GUPTA, D.U. BAWANKULE, A.K. VERMA AND K. SHANKER 2020. Nanoemulsion preconcentrate of a pentacyclic triterpene for improved oral efficacy: Formulation design and in-vivo antimalarial activity. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2020.101734.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->8.                  <!--[endif]-->LAHIRI, R., JYOTSHANA, A.K. VERMA, K. SHANKER AND R.K. LAL 2020. Diallel analysis of seven promising genotypes of opium poppy for assessment of their combining ability and efficacy in future genetic improvement programmes. Environmental and Experimental Biology. 18: 161–168.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->9.                  <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K. 2019. Study of Relative Antioxidant Potential of Induced Variants of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don in Salt Stress Condition for the Effective Selection of Salt Toler­ant Variant. Free Radicals and Antioxidants. 9 (2):73-77.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->10.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K., M. MISHRA, H. SINGH, AND K. A. BHARTI 2018. Database on chromosome count of some Indian plants. Chromosome Botany. 13 (1): 37-60.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->11.              <!--[endif]-->KUMAR, R, A.K.VERMA AND K.A. BHARTI 2018. Checklist of Angiosperms in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Forestry 41(2): 179-194.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->12.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A. K.  2017. Anther dimorphism and reductional division in Crotalaria spectabilis. Environmental and Experimental Biology 15: 209–215.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->13.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K., N. K. GAUTAM AND K. A. BHARTI 2017. Macro and micro morphological characteristics of Plantago seeds and its implication for species identification. Current Botany 8: 159-163.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->14.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K. AND S.S. DHAWAN 2017. Chromosomal Fragmentation: A Possible Marker for the Selection of High Gymnemic Acid Yielding Accessions of Gymnema sylvestre R. Br. Pharmacognosy magazine 13: S481-3.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->15.              <!--[endif]-->PATHAK, M., A.K. VERMA, S.S. DASH, P. SINGH AND KA BHARTI 2016. Trend in research publications of Botanical Survey of India during 2001–2015. Nelumbo 58: 126-129.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->16.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K., M. MISHRA, L. MALLICK, K.A. BHARATI, S.S. DASH, H. SINGH AND P. SINGH 2016. Database on chromosome counts of plants of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, India. Nelumbo 58: 57-78.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->17.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A. K., L. MALLICK,   M. MISHRA AND H.  SINGH 2016. A meiotic study in Solanum diphyllum L. an exotic plant species in India. Researches in Environment and Life Sciences 9(10): 1270-1271.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->18.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K., S. S. DHAWAN, S. SINGH, K.A.BHARTI AND JYOTSANA 2016. Genetic and chemical profiling of Gymnema sylvestre accessions from central India; Its implication for quality control and therapeutic potential of plant.  Pharmacognosy Magazine 12 (47): S4: 407-413.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->19.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA A.K., L. Mallick,   K. A. BHARTI, M. MISHRA AND H. SINGH 2015. Effect of temperature and relative humidity on gymnemic acid content in Gymnema sylvestre (R) Br. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika 30(4): 214-216.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->20.              <!--[endif]-->SINGH, S. AND A.K. VERMA  2015. A review on efforts of induced mutagenesis for qualitative and quantitative improvement in oilseed brassicas. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (2): 298-302.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->21.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K, R.R. SINGH AND S. SINGH 2014. Variability in morphological characters and alkaloid profile of EMS induced mutants of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 74(3):362-380.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->22.              <!--[endif]-->SINGH, C.K., A.K. VERMA AND R. R. SINGH 2014. Effect of mutagens on qualitative and quantitative analysis of Plantago ovate seed husk. Research in Environment and Life Sciences 7(2)85-86.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->23.              <!--[endif]-->SINGH, C.K., A.K. VERMA AND R. R. SINGH 2014.  Diurnal variation for anthesis and dehiscence in Plantago ovata. Research in Environment and Life Sciences 7(1):47-48.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->24.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K., C.K. SINGH AND S. SINGH 2013. Catharanthus roseus and purposeful exploitation of saline land. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika  28(1): 94-95.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->25.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K., R. R.  SINGH AND S. SINGH 2013. Mutation breeding in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don: An Overview.  Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry  2(1):334-337.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->26.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K., R.R. SINGH AND S. SINGH  2012. Improved alkaloid content in callus culture of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. Botanica Serbica  36(2):123-130.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->27.              <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K. AND R.R Singh 2010. Induced dwarf mutant in Catharanthus roseus with enhanced antibacterial activity. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences  72 (5):655-657.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->28.              <!--[endif]-->SINGH, J., S.P. JAIN, S.P. SINGH, A.K. VERMA, A. SHARMA AND S.P.S. KHANUJA 2006. Traditional uses of Woodfordia fruticosa (Dhataki)- Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences 28:91-95.

B. Books:

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->1.      <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K. AND R.R. SINGH. 2014. Genetic variability and improvement in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. pp. 1-216. Lambert Academic Publishing House, Germany. ISBN-13: 978-3-659-41939-3, ISBN-10: 3659419397.

 

C. Book chapters:  

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->1.      <!--[endif]-->GARG, A.,  O.N. MAURYA, A.N. SHUKLA,  M.R. DEBTA, A.K. VERMA,  A. KUMAR, S. GANTAIT, M. MUNSI AND A. KUMAR. 2020. Scrophulariaceae In  S.S. DASH  AND A.A. MAO (eds.)  Flowering Plants of India. An annotated Checklist- Dicotyledons Vol-II 205-238. ISBN: 978-81-9452291-1.

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->2.      <!--[endif]-->VERMA S., O.N. MAURYA  AND A.K. VERMA. 2018. Medicinal Plants: Green Elixir for Cancer Treatment In: A.K. AWASTHI, A.K. SINGH AND  A. SHARMA (eds.) Dynamics of Ecosystem and Climate Change in India.  295-307. Serials Publications Pvt. Limited, India. ISBN 13: 9789386611476.

D. Hindi articles:

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->1.                  <!--[endif]-->VERMA, A.K., R. KUMAR, S. VERMA AND K.A. BHARTI. 2017. मधुमेह की भयावहता; भारतीय परिवेश मे सस्ते एंव सुलभ उपचार की उप्लब्धता एंव पादप संरक्षण. वनस्पति वाणी. 26:66-67.

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->2.                  <!--[endif]-->SINGH, H.B., A.K. VERMA, A.K., K.A. BHARATI, 2017. भारत के प्राकृतिक रंजक एवं उनके स्रोत| स्वदेशी विज्ञान. 1:3  (http://swadeshivigyan.com/naturaldyes).

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->3.                  <!--[endif]-->PATHAK, M., A.K. VERMA, S.S. DASH AND K.A. BHARTI. 2016.  शोधपत्रो व पत्रिकाओ की प्रभाविकता का मूल्यांकन । वनस्पति वाणी. 25: 95-96.

 

E. SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS:

 

<!-- [if !supportLists]-->1.                  <!--[endif]-->Reported new chromosome count for 120 plant species of angiosperm.

 

Reported first chromosome count for 07 plant species of angiosperm.