ABSTRACT
The life form spectrum exhibits a wide range of variation. The Family Asteraceae is represented by the highest number of species (8 genera, 11 species) many of which are short-lived ephemerals, followed by Chenopodiaceae (4 genera, 9 species), Fabaceae (2 genera, 7 species) and Poaceae (4 genera, 7 species), Zygophyllaceae (4 genera, 7 species), Amaranthaceae (4 genera, 4 species), Solanaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Brassicaceae and Boraginaceae (3 species), Labiatae (2 species) whereas, 16 families including Papaveraceae, Acanthaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Convolvulaceae, Cyperaceae, Ephedraceae, Urticaceae, Molluginaceae, Juncaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Resedaceae, Polygonaceae, Portulacaceae, Caryophyllaceae and Tamaricaceae, are represented by a single species each (Table 1.1).
