It may be noted that the District of Kottayam naturally falls into three divisions, viz of the lowlands, the midlands and highlands. The topography of the district is highly undulating with hills and valleys. The vegetation being divided into three catergories such as lowland vegetaion, midland vegetation, and highland vegetation.
The flora presents a systematic account of a total of 1102 species belonging to 690 genera and 153 families of seed plants. Five new ...