• I. P. Ramteke
• T. Srinivasu

Biodiversity is an essential component of nature and it ensures the survival of human species by providing food, fuel, shelter, medicines and other resources to mankind (http://kerenvis.nic.in/Database/BIODIVERSITY_824.asp). Globally, biodiversity is increasingly under threat due to changes in land use, climate and socio-economic factors. Through public awareness programme or education we can make local people understand, support and implement sustainable resource conservation and environmental protection activities. For this Taxonomy is an important tool in which the components of biological diversity are identified and enumerated, and therefore provides basic knowledge underpinning management of biodiversity (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/2/5, 1996). The present study was conducted to explore the floristic biodiversity of Wardha district in Maharashtra. Digital database preparation technique has not been applied for dicot biodiversity of this region till today, so it was thought worthwhile to undertake current study and to prepare digital database of dicot biodiversity of Wardha district by using DELTA (Descriptive Language for Taxonomy) package. It is a flexible method for encoding taxonomic descriptions in natural language for computer processing. In this study, total 760 dicot species were identified which belonging to the 445 genera and 106 families collected from different places of the district. Some of these plants are medicinally as well as economically important. All these species are systematically arranged in alphabetic order which includes botanical names, family names, vernacular names and their (medicinally and economically) uses in the database. This digital documentation is useful for local identification of plant species. There is an urgent need to conserve, protect and utilise our forest plant resources and to uplift the tribal and rural areas people income for which this digital documentation at district level is very useful. This floristic database was analyzed into taxonomic groups, life forms and different categories of plants based on their uses, which is helpful to different walks of people.

Analysis, Dicot, Flora, Wardha, DELTA.

"Analysis of Digital Database of Dicot Flora of Wardha district", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.10-12, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810003.pdf

"Analysis of Digital Database of Dicot Flora of Wardha district", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp10-12, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810003.pdf