The Eastern Ghats, one of the nine floristic zones in India, are located between 11o30’ and 22o N latitude and 76o 50’ and 86o 30’E longitude in a North-East to South-West strike. The Eastern Ghats are spread over three states of India, namely Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It covers an area of about 75, 000 sq. km. with an average width of 200 km. in the north and 100 km. in the south. They extendover a length of 1750 km. between the rivers Mahanadi and Vaigainal along East Coast. Topography and general features, present work and vegetation types are given in the beginning. The next part includes systematic enumeration where the families have been arranged according to Bentham and Hooker’s system with incorporation of recent changes. Under each family key to the genera, followed by the genus with its authority, keys to the species and species enumeration is given. The genera under the family and species under the genus are arranged in alphabetical sequence. Keys are of the indented type. The enumeration of species includes citation according to ICBN, basionym and synonym if any, description, distribution in the Eastern Ghats, flowering and fruiting period, vernacular names, specimens examined and distribution in India and world. Bibliography, index to families, genera and species are given at the end.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR D. Muralidhara Rao
Mr. D. Muralidhara Rao did his M.Sc., (1996) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He did his M.Phil., (1998) from sri Krishnadevaraya University and worked as Teaching Assistant (1998-99) in the Department of Botany, sri Krishnadevaraya University. He has published two papers. He is now working as Senior Research Fellow in DST Project with the Senior Author.
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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