Table 15.1 (continued)
Sr.
No. Botanical name
Common name Family
Morphoecological
group
29
Bergia ammannioides
Jerry water fire Elatinaceae
Wetland
30
Cressa cretica L.
European
water clover
Convolvulaceae
Wetland
31
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene
Turkey tangle
fogfruit
Verbenaceae
Wetland
32
Elaeocarpus variabilis Zmarzty
Chorphone
Elaeocarpaceae
Wetland
33
Aeschynomene indica L.
Curly indigo
Fabaceae
Wetland
34
Malvastrum coromandelianum
(L.) Garcke
False mallow
Malvaceae
Wetland
35
Melgmium indica
–
Malvaceae
Wetland
36
Melgmium indica
–
Malvaceae
Wetland
37
Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.)
Stapf
Egyptian
panicgrass
Poaceae
Wetland
38
Alhagi pseudalhagi (M. Bieb.)
Desv. ex B. Keller & Shap
Camelthorn
Fabaceae
Wetland
39
Eliocharis dulsis
Water chestnut Cyperaceae
Wetland
40
Scripus articulatus L.
Apurau
Cyperaceae
Wetland
41
Ischaemum rugosum Salisb.
Wrinkle duckbeak
Poaceae
Wetland
42
Cyperus difformis L.
Flat sedge
Cyperaceae
Wetland
44
Ammannia multiflora Roxb.
Red stem
Lythraceae
Wetland
45
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Alligator weed Amaranthaceae
Wetland
46
Xanthium spinosum L.
Prickly
burweed
Asteraceae
Wetland
47
Cyperus sp.
–
Cyperaceae
Wetland
48
Verbascum chinense (L.)
Santapau
Velvet Plant
Scrophulariaceae
Wetland
49
Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.
Pig nut
Lamiaceae
Wetland
50
Abutilon indicum (L.) sweet
Indian mallow Malvaceae
Wetland
51
Croton abaitensis Baill.
–
Euphorbiaceae
Wetland
52
Barleria prionitis L.
Porcupine
flower
Acanthaceae
Wetland
53
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz
Dhaura
Lythraceae
Wetland
54
Achyranthes aspera L.
Prickly chaff
flower
Amaranthaceae
Wetland
55
Lindenbergia muraria (Roxburgh
ex D. Don) Brühl
–
Orobanchaceae
Wetland
56
Polygonum glabrum willd
Dense flower
knotweed
Polygonaceae
Wetland
57
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.)
J. Presl & C. Presl
Purple spike
rush
Cyperaceae
Wetland
58
Paspalum disticum L.
Ginger grass
Poaceae
Wetland
59
Urena lobata L.
Cesar weed
Malvaceae
Wetland
(continued)
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