Research Article | Published: 01 June 2009

Additions to the flora of Tamil Nadu, India with reference to rare, endemic, red-listed and endangered plants from Velliangiri Hills, a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India

M. Murugesan and V. Balasubramaniam

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 32 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 323-326 | 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2009-Y8SZY6 | Cite this article

Abstract

This paper deals with the occurrence of five rare, endemic, red-listed and endangered plants such as Buchanania lanceolata Wight, Syzygium bourdillonii (Gamble) Rathakrishnan & N.C. Nair, S. travancoricum Gamble, Begonia trichocarpa Dalz., and Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii (Gamble) Naithani of angiosperms collected from Velliangiri hills, a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, the Western Ghats of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu. They are reported for the first time from Tamil Nadu state. Correct nomenclature, brief descriptions, specimen examined and critical notes if any, along with phenological and distributional data are given for each species to facilitate for further collections and easy identification.

Keywords

Access Options

250/-

Buy Full Access in HTML Format

Instant access to the full article.

Get access to the full version of this article. Buy Full Access in HTML Format

References

1. Ahmedullah, M. and Nayar, M.P. (1987). Endemic Plants of the Indian Region. vol. 1. Botanical Survey of India, Howrah.

2. Bourdillone, T.F. (1908). The forest trees of Travancore, Repr. ed. 1976. M/s Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.

Google Scholar

3. Champion, H.G. and Seth, S.K. (1968). A revised survey of forest types of India. Forest Research Institute, Publication Division, New Delhi.

Google Scholar

4. Dali Chandra and Mukherjee: In Singh, N.P., J.N. Vohra., P.K. Hajra and D.K. Singh (eds.) (2000) Fl. India. Vol. 5. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

5. Gamble, J.S. and Fischer, C.E.C. (1915-1936). The Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Part 1-11. (Part 1-7 by Gamble and 8-11 by Fischer). Adlard &Sons Ltd., London. (Repr. ed. vols.1-3.1957).

Google Scholar

6. Henry, A.N., Vivekananthan, K. and Nair, N.C. (1978). Rare, threatened flowering plants of South India. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 75:684-697.

Google Scholar

7. Hooker, J.D. (ed.) (1972-1897). The Flora of British India. vols. 1-7. Reeve & Co., London.

8. IUCN (1995). IUCN Red List Categories. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Google Scholar

9. Jain, S.K. and Sastry, A.R.K. (1982). Threatened plants and habitats-A review work in India: Pl. Conserv. Bull. Posscef. 21-9.

Google Scholar

10. Mohanan, M. and Henry, A.N. (1994). Flora of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Google Scholar

11. Nair, N.C. and Mohanan, C.N. (1981). On the rediscovery of four threatened species from the sacred grooves of Kerala. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 2: 233-234.

Google Scholar

12. Nayar, M.P. and Sastry, A.R.K. (1987-1990). Red Data Book of Indian plants. vols. 1-3. Botanical Survey of India, Howrah.

Google Scholar

13. Nayar, M.P. (1996). Hotspots of Endemic plants of India, Nepal and Bhutan, 1-252. Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute. Thiruvananthapuram, New Delhi.

Google Scholar

14. Santhoshkumar, E.S., Nair, G.M. and Yeragi, S.S. (2004). An enumeration on the rare, endangered and threatened flowering plants from the sacred groves of Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. vol. 28(3): 706 – 711.

15. Sasidharan, N. and Sivarajan, V.V. (1996). Flowering plants of Thrissur Forest, 1-579, Scientific publishers, Jodhpur.

Google Scholar

16. Udayan, P.S., Thusar K.V. and Satheesh George (2004). Notes on Rare, Endemic, Redlisted plants as additions to the flora of Cannanore District (Kannur), Kerala state. Indian J. Forestry vol. 27(4): 341-346.

Google Scholar

17. Vajravelu, E. and Daniel, P. (1983). Enumeration of threatened plants of Peninsular India: in S.K. Jain and Sastry, A.R.K. (eds.). Materials for a catalogue of threatened plants of India. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Google Scholar

About this article

How to cite

Murugesan, M. and Balasubramaniam, V., 2009. Additions to the flora of Tamil Nadu, India with reference to rare, endemic, red-listed and endangered plants from Velliangiri Hills, a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 32(2), pp.323-326. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2009-Y8SZY6

Publication History

Manuscript Published on 01 June 2009

Share this article

Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: