This book describes the taxonomic and systematic studies of some important medicinal plants of Dir valley, Pakistan. The information regarding morphological and palynological characterization along with pollen fertility estimation of about 50 species of 37 genera belonging to 7 families are studied in detail. Morphological characters help in understanding the adaptation and differentiation in particular environment while the pollen morphology and its fertility estimation is closely related to its function and many of the pollen features helped the species to adapt the life on particular...

The research project was carried out during 2006- 2009. The studies confined to the revision of 31 species belonging to six genera, Abutilon Mill., Alcea L., Althaea L., Malva L., Hibiscus L., and Sida L. of family Malvaceae in Pakistan. A synthetic approach (classical and applied) is adopted by the application of general plant morphology, foliar epidermal anatomy and pollen morphology. AFLP (Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism) marker system was used to explore phenetic relationships and diversity within and among 13 Malvaceous species belonging to 5 different genera.