STUDY OF WEED FLORA OF KEBBI STATE, NIGERIA, WEST TROPICAL AFRICA

Dharmendra Singh* and Amina Abubakar

Department of Biological Sciences

Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria

email: singhdharmendra12@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The paper enumerates the outcome of weed floristic studies made into varied localities of the State between October 2008 and December 2010. The collections have been found to be spread over 23 weed families, 40 genera and 43 species of angiospermic weed. They are Aizoaceae 1 species, Amaranthaceae 3 species, Asteraceae ( Compositae) 4 species, Boraginaceae 3 species, Caesalpiniaceae 1 species, Capparaceae 2 species,  Chenopodiaceae 1 species,  Commelinaceae 2 species, Convolvulaceae 2 species, Cyperaceae 3 species, Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) 2 species,  Malvaceae 1 species,  Nyctaginaceae 1 species,  Oxalidaceae 1 species, Papveraceae 1 species,  Poaceae (Graminae)  4 species,   Portulaceae 1 species, Rubiaceae 1 species, Scrophulariaceae 3 species, Solanaceae 3 species, Sterculiaceae 1 species, Tiliaceae 1 species, and Zygophyllaceae 1 species. keywords:   Weed,   Flora, Kebbi State, Nigeria


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