Contents: Preface. Foreword. 1. Floristic diversity of the natural vegetation of Rajasthan/Y.D. Tiagi, N.C. Aery, B.P. Singh and C.M. Mathur. 2. Crop-plant relatives of Agasthyamala, Western Ghats, Kerala/N. Mohanan and M. Sivadasan. 3. Succulent Euphorbias of India/M.S. Bonojkumar and N.P. Balakrishnan. 4. Floristic analysis and diversity of Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh/D.S. Dhaliwal and M. Sharma. 5. Taxonomic problems and distribution of piper species in North East India with special reference to Arunachal Pradesh/P.R. Gajural, P. Rethy, Y. Kumar and B. Singh. 6. Traditional medicine and tribal botany: a study at Sriharikota Island in Andhra Pradesh/B. Suryanarayana, A. Sreenivasa Rao and R.B. Kumar. 7. A taxonomic analysis of the species of physalis L. (Solanaceae) based on morphological characters/M. te Beest, R.G. van den Berg and W.A. Brandenburg. 8. A taxonomic survey of Leguminosae of Sitamarhi District, Bihar/M.N. Das and R.P. Roy. 9. Flora Sylvatica for Andhra Pradesh, India/S. Sandhya Rani, K. Sri Rama Murthy and T. Pullaiah. 10. Biodiversity conservation and sustainable utilisation of minor forest resources in a cluster of tribal villages on the Eastern Ghats of Orissa/M.K. Misra and S.S. Dash. 11. Distribution pattern of tree species of Southern Western Ghats: a case study from Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India/A.O. Varghese and A.R.R. Menon. 12. Studies on orchidzaceae of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts of Karnataka, India/K. Gopalakrishna Bhat. 13. Concepts in bamboo taxonomy--past, present and future: a global perspective/Muktesh Kumar and Stephen Sequiera. 14. Plant diversity of the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) Tamil Nadu-a conservationist's view/M.B. Viswanathan. 15. Boraginaceae and cordiaceae in Eastern Ghats/N. Venkatappa, T. Pullaiah and S. Sandhya Rani. 16. Studies on bio-resources of Rajaji National Park, India and their conservation/K.K. Singh and Anand Prakash. 17. Endemism in Nilgiri Hills and potential sites identified for in-situ conservation of biodiversity/N. Venkatasubramanian, R. Thamilarasi and S.S.R. Bennet. 18. Floristic diversity of shenduruny wildlife sanctuary, Southern Western Ghats, Kerala/N. Sasidharan. 19. Balsams of Periyar Tiger Reserve, Southern Western Ghats, Kerala/Jomy Augustine, N. Sasidharan and M. Sivadasan. 20. Bamboos of Manipoor/K.C. Koshy. 21. The genus Eleocharis R. Br. in Maharashtra/M.A. Wadood Khan. 22. Potential medicinal plants of Western Orissa with special reference to Kalahan District/P.K. Nayak and B.P. Choudhury. 23. Phytogeography and plant diversity of the Flora of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh/B. Suryanarayana and A. Sreenivasa Rao. 24. The medico-botanical studies on crude drugs for skin diseases used by tribals from Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India/A. Jeevan Ram, P. Adinarayana Reddy and R.R. Venkata Raju. 25. Medicinal plants used for jaundice in Magadh Region (Central Bihar), India/Raju Goel, R.K. Goel, B.N. Pandey and D.K. Yadav. 26. Underexploited medicinal herbs of Rock City (Tiruchirapalli), Tamil Nadu/G. Banumathy and A. Parvathy. 27. Sacred groves in Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh/S. Sunitha and B. Ravi Prasad Rao. 28. Isolation, purification and characterisation of Lectins from the seeds of tropical plants and their uses in Oncology/T. Vijayakumar. 29. A preliminary phytochemical study on Duckweeds and their sustainable utilisation/A. Vathana and A. Parvathi.
From the Preface: "This volume seeks to present a collection of articles, which mainly deals with biodiversity, taxonomy, conservation and ethno-botanical aspects of flowering plants. The articles included in this are selected few of those presented at the National Seminar. The post-graduate students and researchers would find the articles as very useful for their pursuit of research in plant taxonomy and allied disciplines."
