TAXONOMIC SURVEY OF WILD PLANTS OF FAMILY BRASSICACEAE IN DISTRICT DIR UPPER, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN

The research area consisted of 16 wild plant species belonging to 11 genera of the Family Brassicaceae were collected from different localities of the research area. In which four plant species were belonged to genus Cardamine, Lepidium and Thlapsi had 2 species each, while Alliaria, Capsella, Coronopus, Arabidopsis, Isatis, Erysimum, Sisymbrium, Nasturtium had one species each. It was concluded that members of the Brassicaceae need consideration not only for their cultivation but attempt must be made on their conservation for sustainable exploitation of plant wealth.