Table 15.1 (continued)
Sr.
No. Botanical name
Common name Family
Morphoecological
group
60
Echinops echinatus Roxb.
Indian globe
thistle
Asteraceae
Wetland
61
Blumea laciniata (Wall. Ex
Roxb.) DC.
Cut leaf
Blumea
Asteraceae
Wetland
62
Blumea lacera (Burm.f.) DC.
Karonda
Asteraceae
Wetland
63
Blumea sp.
–
Asteraceae
Wetland
64
Spilanthes acmella L.
Toothache
plant
Asteraceae
Wetland
65
Cocculus hirsutus L.
Broom creeper Menispermaceae
Wetland
66
Lindernia oppositifolia (L.)
Mukerjee
Yellowseed
false pimpernel
Linderniaceae
Wetland
67
Vernonia cinerea (L.) less.
Little ironweed Asteraceae
Wetland
68
Aura lanata (L.) Juss.
Gorakh-boonti Amaranthaceae
Wetland
69
Fimbristylis bisumbellata
(Forssk.) Bubani
Grasslike
fimbry
Cyperaceae
Wetland
70
Crotalaria herpetoclada
Rossberg
Rattlepods
Fabaceae
Wetland
71
Phyllanthus virgatus G. Forst.
Narrow piss
weed
Phyllanthocin
Wetland
72
Euphorbia prostate
Prostrate
sandmat
Euphorbiaceae
Wetland
73
Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees
Comb Rangia
Acanthaceae
Wetland
74
Tridax procumbens L.
Jayanthi
Asteraceae
Wetland
75
Sida alba L.
Broomweed
Malvaceae
Wetland
76
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
Burr bush
Malvaceae
Wetland
77
Cyperus haspan L.
Papyrus sedges Cyperaceae
Wetland
78
Solanum tampicense Dunal
Yellow-fruit
nightshade
Solanaceae
Wetland
79
Ludvigia perennis L.
Waterprimrose
Onagraceae
Wetland
80
Vernonia cinerea (L.) less.
–
Asteraceae
Wetland
81
Phyllanthus amarus Schumach.
& Thonn.
Carry-me seed Phyllanthaceae
Wetland
82
Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) R.Br.
Ex DC.
Sanguinarea
Amaranthaceae
Wetland
83
Paspalum distichum L.
Biscuit grass
Poaceae
Wetland
84
Ludvigia octavalvis L.
Willow prime
rose
Onagraceae
Wetland
85
Hygrophila polysperma (Roxb.)
T. Anderson
Gokulakanta
Acanthaceae
Wetland
86
Ammania baccifera L.
Monarch red
stem
Lythraceae
Wetland
87
Alternanthera pungens kunth.
Khaki weed
Amaranthaceae
Wetland
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