Due to their high nutritive value and the presence of secondary metabolites, wetland plants can be consumed by humans as food and utilized as medicinal drugs.
Maryam Akram Butt is a Ph.D. scholar in the Plant Sciences Department at Quaid-I-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammad Zafar is an Assistant Professor of Plant Sciences at Quaid-I-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan.Mushtaq Amhed is a Professor of Plant Sciences at Quaid-I-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan.Shabnum Shaheen is an Assistant Professor at Lehore College for Women University in Lahore, Pakistan.Shazia Sultana is a Ph.D. Scholar in the Plant Sciences Department at Quaid-I-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Innehållsförteckning
Foreword.- Preface.- Wetlands and Wetland Plants.- Climate of Wetlands.- Types of Wetlands and Wetland Plants.- Importance of Biodiversity in Wetlands.- Nutritive Value of Wetland Flora.- Medicinally Important Wetland Flora.- Threats to Biodiversity of Wetlands.- Conservation Strategies of Wetland Flora.- Wetland Plants of Himalayas: A case study.- A Pictorial Guide to Wetland plants of Himalayas.- Bibliography.