Research Article | Published: 31 July 2025

An emerging threat to biodiversity: first report on the collection of invasive alien species Matricaria discoidea (Asteraceae) from Uttar Pradesh, India

Nitisha Srivastava, Sinjini Mukherjee and Arti Garg

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 48 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 140-142 | 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2025-8GIJP5 | Cite this article

Abstract

Matricaria discoidea (Family Asteraceae) an invasive alien species is collected for the first time from Uttar Pradesh. The earliest and first-time collection was made by Islam et al., 2022 from Kashmir Himalaya, J&K, India. Matricaria discoidea is reported here as a new distributional record for Uttar Pradesh. Taxonomic description, distribution, phenology, ecology are provided here along with the photographs for easy identification and future references.

Keywords

Uttar Pradesh, Invasive species, Matricaria discoidea, New Record

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Srivastava, N., Mukherjee, S. and Garg, A., 2025. An emerging threat to biodiversity: first report on the collection of invasive alien species Matricaria discoidea (Asteraceae) from Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 48(2), pp.140-142. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2025-8GIJP5

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 24 April 2024

Manuscript Revised on 24 July 2025

Manuscript Accepted on 28 July 2025

Manuscript Published on 31 July 2025

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