• Dr.Swapnil M.Khare
• Dr.Shubhangi B.Pawar
• Dr.D.A.Patil

Abstract: Sir, J.D. Hoker (2004) remarked that “India has no flora as a separate entity but it is an admixture of floras from adjacent countries”. This prompted the present authors to pay attention especially to the exotic plants species invaded in Indian landmass. This inventory is extended hitherto untapped sacred places in Khandesh region of Maharashtra, India. It revealed a total of 119 exotic plant species pertaining to 100 genera and 52 angiospermic families. They are either cultigens (71 species) brought purposefully or wild (48 species) invaded unintentionally. They exhibited different habital categories viz., herbs (58 species) shrub (13 species) climbers (18 species) and trees (30 species). The herbaceous and arborescent exotic taxas are dominated in the said region of investigation. Their nativities belonged to 27 various continents, countries and geographical regions of both Old and New Worlds. However, the New World (American) exotic species dominated more in this region, although it is a distant continent. The fund of data will be useful while extending measures for biodiversity management and conservation in the state of Maharashtra.

Exotic plants Sacred Courtyards Bioinvasion Khandesh

"INVENTORY ON EXOTIC PLANT SPECIES IN TEMPLES AND SACRED COURTYARDS IN KHANDESH REGION (MAHARASHTRA: INDIA)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no.g6-g13, August-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408702.pdf

"INVENTORY ON EXOTIC PLANT SPECIES IN TEMPLES AND SACRED COURTYARDS IN KHANDESH REGION (MAHARASHTRA: INDIA)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no. ppg6-g13, August-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408702.pdf