Adilabad district is a botanically unexplored area in the Deccan region. It is the richest district in forest wealth. The flora of Adilabad district is given in this book. A total of 673 species have been enumerated. Among them angiosperms include 667 species belonging to 417 genera and 113 families while Pteridophytes constitute 6 species belonging to 5 genera and 5 families. The first part includes introduction, reasons for undertaking the work, topography and general features. Forests and vegetation, and past and present work. The second part includes systematic enumeration, which is arranged according to Bentham and Hooker’s system. Keys are given for families, genera and species and these are of the indented type. Under each species the correct nomenclature brief description, distribution, flowering and fruiting season, vernacular names and specimen examined are given. References and index to families, genera and species are given at the end.
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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