An Updated Checklist of Aquatic Macrophytes in Jammu and Kashmir State

This chapter provides an updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes in the Indian Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir. In total, 191 species of aquatic macrophytes have been recorded from the state. These species include both aquatic and semiaquatic plants and belong to 80 genera in 37 families (22 belonging to dicotyledons, 12 monocotyledons, and 3 pteridophytes). The aquatic macrophytes belong to different growth forms: submerged, emergent, floating, free-floating, floating/emergent, emergent/submerged, and floating/submerged, which together comprise 92 species; the remaining 99 species are semiaquatic and emergent. Most of the macrophytes (160 species) occur in Kashmir, followed by Jammu with 94 and Ladakh region with 44 species.