Return to Floras of India CatalogueA Floristic Account of Taroba National Park and its Environs, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra State/S.K. Malhotra and S. Moorthy. Calcutta, Botanical Survey of India, 1992, 192 p., plates, $26 (paperback).
Contents: Foreword. Introduction. 1. Key to Angiospermic plant families. 2. Key to pteridophytic plant families. 3. Systematic treatment. References. Alphabetical index to families. Index to genera and species. Index to local names.
From the foreword by B.D. Sharma, Director, Botanical Survey of India: "With the setting up of several biologically rich areas as national parks, biosphere reserves, and wildlife sanctuaries of utmost conservation concern by the Government of India, the Botanical Survey thought it prudent to diversify its research into the realms of conservation and bring out special publications on such areas documenting the floral wealth which forms the basic requirement for scientific management and conservation.
"The present publication on the Flora of Taroba National Park is one such endeavour by the scientists of the survey, based on detailed field work in the area. This provides details on the location, approach, historical and environmental aspects of the area followed by a graphic account on the vegetation. The flora enumerates 667 species under 393 genera belonging to 110 families of flowering plants and ferns, easily identifiable by means of taxonomic keys to the families, genera and species. For each species, uptodate nomenclature, short description with flowering and fruiting periods and habitat notes are provided. At the end an index to scientific names is given for easy reference."