The paper enumerates 35 taxa as new record for the flora of Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve based on authors’ own collections. Correct nomenclature with citation, family name, brief distinguishing characters, abundance, habitat, exact locality of occurrence, field number and flowering and fruiting period of each taxon has been presented. The findings are significant in view of the Article-7 of CBD and Clause-36 of Biological Diversity Bill 2000.
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Khanna, K.K. and Kumar, A., 2007. Some Additional Plants for Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve (Madhya Pradesh). Indian Journal of Forestry, 30(2), pp.215-220. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2007-09L9Q2
Manuscript Published on 01 June 2007
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