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The present work forms the first consolidated botanical account on pteridophytes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Pteridophytes have remained more or less neglected group of vascular plants. Only a fragmentary list has earlier been published; therefore, the present work has been undertaken in detail for the first time. The present treatment is based on collections made from islands since the inception of Botanical Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Circle in the ...
The state of Madhya Pradesh which forms the central region of the country came into existence in the year 1956 after state reorganisation. It has an area of about 4,63,452 sq km and is a naturalist’s paradise with about 31.5% of area covered with forests particularly of tropical forests of teak, sal, mixed and montane subtropical forests harbouring a variety of wild animals. Although the botanical explorations in the state have been undertaken by a number of ...
The pteridophytic flora of the Indian region is very rich due to remarkable altitudinal variations ranging from sea level to the highest mountain ranges of the world, supporting rich flora of tropical, sub-tropical, temperate and alpine vegetation. Uttaranchal is 27 State of the India, which came into existence on 9 November, 2000 and comprises of 13 districts by separating of North-West Uttar Pradesh with Dehradun as capital city. There is no separate state ...
Floristically India is one of the richest country in the world by virtue of its climate and altitudinal fluctuations etc. During 20th century a lot of work has been done on the flowering plants of the country but Pteridophytes, of which, especially fern -allies have been remained yet as neglected group due to various reasons viz. their occurrence in inaccessible areas, inconspicuous size and habit, non expertise collections etc. Among the fern -allies also only ...
Selaginellaceae of India by R.D. Dixit is the first ever illustrated, taxonomic account of the family for India. No serious attempt has been made so far to study the family Selaginellaceae on all India basis except fragmentary publications available. Keeping in view of this lacuna of knowledge on the subject, the revisionary studies have been taken up. The present volume provides all important aspects on the family viz. : historical review and classification, ...