Technogenic and anthropogenic activities are the major sources of heavy metals in the
environment. Phytoremediation is the use of plants for environmental cleanup. Economically
important plants with short-life cycle motivate local people, provided they have
phytoremediation application. In this context, many ornamental plants have been evaluated
for their potential in phytoremediation. As many ornamentals are not edible, the risk of
contaminants entering the food chain is reduced. Ornamental plants have the added …

Phytoremediation is a type of bioremediation process that utilize various types of plants to
eliminate, relocate, stabilize, as well as destroy the hazardous contaminants like heavy
metals (HMs), organic contaminants, petroleum by-products, etc., present in the soil and
groundwater. The plants which are important from economic point of view with shorter life
cycle persuade researchers to carry out phytoremediation to remove hazardous materials
from environment. The ornamental plants provide a different aspect to the phytoremediation …