Pdf floristic diversity in western ghats researchgate. There were some scattered publications on endemic plants of western ghats. Endemic flowering plants of northern western ghats sahyadri ranges of india. They lie at a distance of about 50 to 80 om the coast.
Forest trees of the western ghats authored by neginhal s. Welcome to worlds first website on flora of western ghats. About 23,000 names systematically and nomenclaturally converging to over 7,400 species. Flowering plants of the western ghats efloraofindia. Digital herbarium of angiospermic plants of western ghats of maharashtra is a university grant commission, new delhi, funded project ugc reference no.
Western ghats is a major genetic estate of wild relatives of crop plants with an enormous biodiversity of ancient lineage. Endemic and threatened flowering plants of western ghats. Another unique feature of the endemic flora of western ghats is the. They are more or less parallel to the western coast of india. Endemic and threatened flowering plants of western ghats with.
Media in category flora of the western ghats the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. It contains a large proportion of the countrys flora and fauna, many of which are only found in india and nowhere. What is the location of the western ghats in india. A total of 28 plants in the brahma database are found in western ghats. Attachments 1 flowering plants of the western ghats, india. Western ghats and sri lanka hotspot, one of 34 global biodiversity hotspots for conservation. This flora can support decisions to protect the plants, ecosystems, and. Serial nomination of the western ghats of india unesco world. The western ghats, also known as sahyadri benevolent mountains, are a mountain range.
Digital herbarium of angiospermic plants of western ghats. Pdf endemic flowering plants of northern western ghats. Pdf flowering plants of the western ghats, india sibi. Documentation of the shrub flora in the evergreen forests of the world has not been consistent.
About,000 local names in six indian languages are present in the work. The globally threatened flora and fauna in the western ghats are represented by 229 plant. Among the 25 hot spots of the world, two are found in india extending into neighboring countries the western ghats sri lanka and the indoburma region covering the eastern himalayas. This book contains description of all forest trees in peninsular india and most of srilanka too. Ghats shows close affinity with the flora of s ri lanka, supporting the view that s ri lanka was connected to south india durin g the geologic past. The western ghats are a chain of highlands running along the western edge of the indian subcontinent, from bombay south to the southern tip of the. Impact of rainforest fragmentation on small mammals and herpetofauna in the western ghats, south india pdf. The flora is very much relevant because 44% of the flowering plants of india are represented in the western ghats. Other vegetation types that occur in the western ghats include. Pdf on apr 1, 2012, sahyadri envis environmental information. This project covers prominent tree species and shrubs from 10 districts, located in western ghat regions of maharashtra, viz. Endemic and threatened flowering plants of western ghats with special reference to konkan region of maharashtra arun n.
A two volume work dealing with the entire flowering plants of the western ghats has been published by the jawaharlal nehru tropical botanic garden and research institute at palode in. Chec list endemic flowering plants of northern western ghats. Data on plant species and their distribution in the western ghats are increasingly available, which permits us to crosscheck. The western ghats are located in the western part of peninsular india. Analysis of threatened endemic trees of the western ghats of india.
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