The present paper highlights the distribution of an endemic shrub, Capparis grandiflora Wall. ex Hook.f. and Thomson (Capparaceae) in peninsular India. It also reports the additional locality records hitherto unreported.
Endemic shrub, Western Ghats, Spinescent, Elliptic, Coriaceous, Gynophore, Orbicular
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Nehru, P. and Balasubramanian, P., 2010. Notes on the distribution of Capparis Grandiflora Wall. Ex Hook.F. & Thomson, an endemic shrub of Peninsular India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 33(2), pp.271-272. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2010-4Y1TUI
Manuscript Published on 01 June 2010
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