Andhra Pradesh is one of the 25 states of India. The state lies between 12o37′ and 19o54′ Northern latitudes, and 76o46′ and 84o46′ Eastern longitudes and covers an area of 2,75,068 sq. km. The state is endowed with a variety of vegetation types ranging from semi-evergreen forests to dry evergreen scrub and littoral mangroves to arid sand dunes. A total of 531 tree taxa of Angiosperms under 274 genera and 76 families have been enumerated in the book. The text includes introduction, topography and general features, forests and vegetation, key to families, systematic enumeration, references and index to families, genera, species and vernacular names. Under systematic enumeration the families are arranged according to Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification with slight modifications to accommodate recent changes. All the genera in the family and all the species in the genera are arranged alphabetically. All the keys provided are of dichotomous indented type. Different keys, based on vegetation, flowering and fruiting characters have been prepared for all the species of concerned genera to facilitate easy identification of tree taxa. The enumeration of species includes the complete citation according to ICBN, basionym, synonym followed by brief description, ecological data, phenology, vernacular names. English names (for some plants), economic and medicinal uses, specimens examined and distribution in Andhra Pradesh, India and World.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S Sandhya Rani
Dr. S Sandhya Rani obtained her M.Sc. degree (1991) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, A P with first rank and Ph.d. (1998) from Sri Krishnadevaraya University under different projects funded by CSIR, DST and BARC in SK University. She has published more than 30 research papers and co-authored two books entitled Tress of Andhra Pradesh and Flora of Guntur District. She is a life member of three scientific societies viz. IAAT, IBS, NESA. At present she is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany in S K University, Anantpur.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR T Pullaiah
Prof. T Pullah obtained his M.Sc. (1971) and Ph.D. degrees in Botany from Andhra University. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Moscow State University, Russia, during 1976-1978. He traveled widely in Europe and visited Universities and Botanic Gardens in about 16 countries. He joined Sri Krishnadevaraya University as Lecturer in 1979 and became Professor in 1993. He held several positions in the University as Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Head, Department of Botany; Chairman, Board of Studies in Botany; Head, Department of Sericulture; Co-ordinator and Chairman, Board of Studies in Biotechnology; Principal, S K University College and Warden, S K, University Hostels. He has published 43 books, 238 research papers and 35 popular articles in Journals of repute. He is the Principal – Investigator of 20 major Research Projects totaling more than a Crore of Rupees funded by DBT, DST, CSIR, UGC, BSI, WWF, GCC, BARC etc. Under his guidance, 45 students obtained their Ph.D. degrees and 34 students their M.Phil. degrees. He is the recipient of Best Teacher Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Prof. P Maheshwari Gold Medal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxanomy. He served as the Vice President of the Indian Botanical Society and presently the Councilor of the same. He served as a member of Species Survival commission of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
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