Abstract BACKGROUND: Lalitpur is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with much of its landscape dominated by tropical dry deciduous and scrub forests. The present work aims to document and assess the diversity of angiosperms in the region through a combination of literature review and field surveys conducted in forested and adjoining areas of Lalitpur. The research focuses on evaluating the conservation status, habitat preferences, and phenology of the recorded species. It also considers their sustainable use in various taxonomic and ethnomedicinal contexts, emphasising their ecological importance and potential applications. METHODS: A systematic field survey was planned to gather comprehensive taxonomic data for each species of angiosperms. Based on own observation, some previous literature and thorough 02 field survey tours of the district carried out in the spring season of 2023, the plant species were collected either in flowering or fruiting stages or in both forms. The voucher specimens of gathered taxa were established by consulting several floras, revisions, and other taxonomic literature including IPNI, POWO, Flora of India, and IUCN. Local conservation status of taxa: for the assessment of the local conservation status of the species, criteria defined by Palmer et al . have been adopted in the present study. RESULTS: During a preliminary survey of the area and based on some previous literature, the district comprises 283 species of angiosperms, belonging to 219 genera and 72 families. It contains mostly wild species, but some are in cultivation, escaped and/or growing as an invasive alien species. The species include 112 herbs, 59 shrubs, 73 trees and 39 climbers. Some dominant families respectively as follow Fabaceae (42 sp.), Malvaceae (20 sp.), Apocynaceae (15 sp.), Poaceae (13 sp.), Asteraceae and Lamiaceae (12 species each), Convolvulaceae and Cucurbitaceae (11 sp. each), Solanaceae (10 sp.) and Euphorbiaceae and Amaranthaceae (08 sp. each). Some dominant genera included Senna (07 sp.), Terminalia (06 sp.), Zizyphus , Sida and Ficus (05 sp. each), Ipomoea and Euphorbia (04 sp. each), Solanum , Capparis , Bauhinia , Leucas and Vachellia (03 sp. each). The global conservation status of plants accordingly IUCN Red List Category as follow Not Available (NA 58.67%), Least Concern (LC 37.10%), Data Deficient (DD 2.12%), Near Threatened (in wild) (NT 1.06%), Endangered (in wild) (EN 0.35%) and Vulnerable (VU 0.70%). CONCLUSION: The present study concluded the diversity of angiosperms of Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh for the purpose of recognition as a guide for the conservation and sustainable utilization in different taxonomical, ethnomedicinal applications, and other important aspects. The present study enumerates all species of flowering plants occurring in the forest and nearby area with their correct, updated nomenclature along with their habit and habitat, flowering and fruiting period, local/common or Ayurveda names, local conservation status, and IUCN Red List Category status of plants.
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