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Floristic diversity in Cold Desert regions of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

  • 1. kcsekar1312@rediffmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3638-7414
  • 2. draseeshpandey@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8063-2646
  • 3. lalitorchid@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4577-079X
  • 4. bhaskar20.alm@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0608-0083
  • 5. drdeepikabhatt@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4062-3670
  • 6. pujabhojak007@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5292-4983
  • 7. diptiday01@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-8842
  • 8. nehathapliyal970@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6998-6822
  • 9. kapilkannu@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1150-694X
  • 10. monicabisht92@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9876-3679
  • 11. vikramsnegii@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3380-7930
  • 12. Centre for Biodiversity Conservation and Management, G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Kosi - Katarmal, Almora - 263643, Uttarakhand, India & poonam.mehta082@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1150-694X kcsekar1312@rediffmail.com (*author for correspondence)

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Sekar, Chandra, Pandey, Aseesh, Giri, Lalit, Joshi, Bhaskar Chandra, Bhatt, Deepika, Bhojak, Puja, Dey, Dipti, Thapliyal, Neha, Bisht, Kapil, Bisht, Monika, Negi, Vikram Singh, Mehta, Poonam (2022): Floristic diversity in Cold Desert regions of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India. Phytotaxa 537 (1): 1-62, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.537.1.1

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