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The present book provides comprehensive information for the identification of flowering plants of Telangana State, is the prerequisite for sustainable management of these natural resources and documenting the plant diversity of India. K.N. Reddy and C. Sudhakar Reddy together made immense contributions to the Flora of Telangana. The flowering plants of Telangana collected by earlier workers has been cited in the ‘Flora of Andhra Pradesh’ by Pullaiah ...
The ecosystem of Lakshadweep Islands is very fragile and many natural and anthropogenic interventions posing a great threat to its biodiversity. The need for comprehensive information on vegetation and flora has been felt ever since the formation of Union Territory of Lakshadweep in 1956. The present work brings out a consolidated account of the vegetation, landscape characterization and plant diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.A total number of 348 species have ...
Increasing worldwide concern over the present state of biodiversity and conservation has now given a new lease of life to exploratory studies. Neglected in the past, our knowledge about the floristic and faunistic diversity of our country is far from complete. This is especially true of Andhra Pradesh, one of the largest State of India. In spite of the fact that it is floristically one of the richest areas in India, a complete inventory of the flora of Andhra ...
Traditionally, plants were identified and described with emphasis on reproductive characters like flowers and fruits. This method works well with herbs, which are annual, thus lacking distinguishing characters like the bark and easily enabling collection and preservation of the whole plant. However, use of reproductive characters for day to day identification by field biologists, amateur naturalists and people who do not necessarily posses special botanical ...