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All the species and varieties of ferns collected by the author during 1969-74 were sent to Kew periodically for determination by Dr. F.M. Jarret and Prof. R.E. Holttum. The former determined majority of the species while the latter dealt with the family Thelypteridaceae. The author spent June-September, 1973 in Kew, examineing all the South Indian specimens available at Kew, belonging to the genera Ophioglossum, Pteris, Vittaria, Dicaranopteris, Diplazium, ...
Polymorphic ferns of Western Ghats, South India is a book with complete details on the taxonomy, cytology and ecology of ten species complexes of ferns. Approximately about 20 different morphological characters have been studied in about 1000 specimens, a result of intensive field work. The extent of variations in all the species complexes is established for the first time. This would help botanist lacking field knowledge when describing new species and thereby ...
The Nilgiris was identified in 1970 as representative area of the Western Ghats under the UNESCOs Man and Biosphere programme. It is the first biosphere reserve set up in India in 1986. The present work is based on the intense field work personally carried out on the Nilgiris by the authors during 1991-1992 by spending 55 days in the field. This book includes 144 species of Pteridophytes with short description along with identification keys for genera and species ...
Today as the whole world is seriously concerned about the conservation and sustainable utilization of bioresources, the dream of Dr. V.S. Manickam and his colleagues to bring out a comprehensive taxonomic account of the angiosperm flora of Tirunelveli Hills, the Eastern slopes of Agathimalai, the Southern most part of Western Ghats with a potential for declaration as biosphere has become a reality. This is the result of continuous fieldwork on these slopes for ...