A note on climbers growing in Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh, India
Praveen Kumar Singh
Abstract: The field survey of climbers’ flora of Ghazipur districts reports 63 species belonging to 26 families of angiosperms. Of these, 58 species related with 55 genera belonging to dicotyledons while, 5 species related to 4 genera and four families belonging to monocotyledons.
Key Words: Climbers, Angiosperm, Ghazipur district.
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