Sedges and Grasses of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. 2 vols. 2007. illus. XIX, 852 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Chapter headings: Introduction/ General description and climate/ Methodology/ Previous work/ Systematic treatments: I. Artificial key to the families. II. The family Cyperaceae: i. Morphological characters of the family Cyperaceae. ii. Systematic treatments of the family Cyperaceae. III. The family Poaceae: i. Morphological characters of he family Poaceae. ii. Systematic treatments of the family Poaceae/ Bibliography/ Appendices/ Index of botanical Names/ Index of vernacular names.- Deals with 320 species (86 species and 4 subspecies of sedges and 234 species and 2 varieties of grasses). Thirty-two species of sedges are new addition to the Upper Gangetic Plain, 10 species of sedges; 3 genera and 23 species of grasses are new to the Uttar Pradesh. Five species of sedges are new to India. Species description, upto date name, field notes, synonyms and simple key for identification have been provided, line diagrams of 293 taxa are given. Appendices includes check-list of sedges and grasses of 7 districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Upper Gangetic Plain, Uttar Pradesh and India.