Phytodiversity of CG City Wetland in Lucknow of Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

Wetlands are incredibly valuable ecosystems, often referred to as “the kidneys of the landscape” or “biological supermarkets” due to numerous benefits they provide. The “CG City Wetlands” ecosystem is aquatic, marshy, shallow, containing fresh water, and has been defined as providing multiple services such as irrigation, agriculture field, water purification, climate regulation, flood control, domestic water supply and water for recreation. Wetland increase productivity and helps to balance the ecosystem. India has a rich variety of wetland habitats. Wetland are the most important ecosystems and very helpful for human life. The present studies based on floristic diversity of angiosperms of CG City Wetland of Lucknow district Uttar Pradesh belonging to 128 species and 113 genera with 42 families. Out of which 92 species are dicots and 36 species are monocots. Present paper provided up to date citation, habits, phenology, occurrence, and illustration.