Investigation on Taxonomical Exploration of Arboreal Members of the Family Anacardiaceae in Poonch District, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to investigate the current occurrence as well as taxonomical studies of the arboreal members of the Anacardiaceae family. Within Jammu and Kashmir region, Jammu province enjoys a generous floristic diversity after Kashmir. Over the course of the previous 30 years, numerous taxonomic studies dealing with the floristic diversity of this area have been carried out. The Pir-Panchal region of Jammu and Kashmir, which includes the Poonch district, has a distinctive landscape and a range of temperatures. This area has been able to preserve a high level of biodiversity despite these notable changes. There are some plant groupings that have evaded researchers' notice, and the Anacardiaceae family is one of those groups.  The district has been tracking the occurrence of these plant species with varied ethnobotanical purposes for several decades, in both sub-tropical and temperate zones. There are eight species in five genera that make up this angiospermic arboreal flora group, which is found at elevations between 988 and 3004 m. There are one shrub and seven trees, one evergreen and seven deciduous species, as well as two native and six exotic species. Pistacia and Rhus, two of the plant genera, recorded two and three species, respectively, while Cotinus, Lannea, and Mangifera each recorded one species.