Checklist of Indian Plants: A Landmark 12 Volume, 13 Part Reference to India’s Vascular Plant Diversity
India is one of the world's great centres of biological diversity, with an exceptionally rich flora spanning the Himalaya and other mountain systems, forests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts, coastal regions and islands. Accurate documentation of this diversity is fundamental to botanical research, biodiversity conservation and the sustainable management of India's natural heritage.
Vol. 1: Gymnosperms – Cycadaceae to Taxaceae Angiosperms – Hydatellaceae to Chloranthaceae ISBN: 9789360281557.
Vol. 2: Acoraceae to Asparagaceae ISBN: 9789360287924.
Vol. 3: Arecaceae (Palmae) to Flagellariaceae ISBN: 9789360282691
Vol. 4: Ceratophyllaceae to Dilleniaceae ISBN: 9789360280123
Vol. 5: Paeoniaceae to Polygalaceae ISBN: 9789360284633
Vol. 5A: Leguminosae (Fabaceae) ISBN: 9789360282721
Vol. 6: Rosaceae to Elaeocarpaceae ISBN: 9789360286521
Vol. 7: Rhizophoraceae to Stachyuraceae ISBN: 9789360281212
Vol. 8: Biebersteiniaceae to Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) ISBN: 9789360280376
Vol. 9: Olacaceae to Garryaceae ISBN: 9789360286002
Vol. 10: Rubiaceae to Hydroleaceae ISBN: 9789360284541
Vol. 11: Carlemanniaceae to Orobanchaceae ISBN: 9789360285500
Vol. 12: Stemonuraceae to Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) ISBN: 9789360282585
The Checklist of Indian Plants is an ambitious national reference work that brings together decades of botanical research, field observations, herbarium studies, taxonomic scholarship and critical literature review into a unified reference to India’s vascular plants. It provides an authenticated and authoritative record of native, introduced, cultivated and naturalised taxa, incorporating accepted scientific names, synonyms, author citations, publication details, habit and distribution. More than a conventional list of plant names, the Checklist consolidates information previously dispersed across floras, monographs, scientific journals, manuals and taxonomic revisions.
A stable taxonomic backbone for Indian botany, facilitating greater consistency among regional floras, systematic monographs, databases and specialised checklists.
20,500 Taxa (species, subspecies, varieties & forma)
19,172 Species of Flowering Plants
1,328 Infraspecific taxa
3,262 Genera
276 Families Covering Gymnosperms and Flowering Plants
The series was shaped by Professors K.N. Ganeshaiah, Peter Raven, Kamal Bawa, Dr. K.N. Gandhi, Dr. R. Ganesan and Dr. B.R. Kailash and is dedicated to the memory of Professor Raven, whose vision, leadership and commitment to collaborative botanical research were central to its realisation.
