STUDY OF WEED FLORA OF KEBBI STATE, NIGERIA, WEST TROPICAL AFRICA
Dharmendra Singh* and Amina Abubakar
Department of Biological Sciences
Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria
email: singhdharmendra12@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The paper enumerates the outcome of weed floristic studies made into varied localities of the State between October 2008 and December 2010. The collections have been found to be spread over 23 weed families, 40 genera and 43 species of angiospermic weed. They are Aizoaceae 1 species, Amaranthaceae 3 species, Asteraceae ( Compositae) 4 species, Boraginaceae 3 species, Caesalpiniaceae 1 species, Capparaceae 2 species, Chenopodiaceae 1 species, Commelinaceae 2 species, Convolvulaceae 2 species, Cyperaceae 3 species, Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) 2 species, Malvaceae 1 species, Nyctaginaceae 1 species, Oxalidaceae 1 species, Papveraceae 1 species, Poaceae (Graminae) 4 species, Portulaceae 1 species, Rubiaceae 1 species, Scrophulariaceae 3 species, Solanaceae 3 species, Sterculiaceae 1 species, Tiliaceae 1 species, and Zygophyllaceae 1 species. keywords: Weed, Flora, Kebbi State, Nigeria