Endemic Vascular Plants of India
Contents: Message. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Enumeration. 3. Pteridophytes. 4. Gymnosperms. 5. Angiosperms. 6. Dicotyledons. 7. Monocotyledons. References. Index.
About 25% of the vascular plants of India are found no where else or otherwise endemic to India. These living natural treasures are important part of our heritage. The book ‘Endemic Vascular Plants of India’ enumerates 4381 taxa (4303 Angiosperms, 12 Gymnosperms and 66 Pteridophytes) belonging to 1007 genera and 176 families. A total of 58 genera have been identified as endemic to India. Distributional maps for all the 58 endemic genera and their species are also provided. The book provides a detailed analysis, an updated nomenclature of the endemic taxa, their habit and distribution besides more than 250 colored photographs. The book also identifies 25 endemic rich areas in India, which will help further for prioritizing suitable conservation strategy.
Paramjit Singh, Director, Botanical Survey of India has been doing revisionary exploratory and conservation studies on Flora of India since 1980. He has made significant contribution to the flora of India, Himalayan flora and Bamboos of India. He has initiated a programme for digitization of all BSI herbaria, Indian Taxonomic Literature, archival materials and a website on eflora India. His vision is to make taxonomy popular and apprehendable to every one.
K. Karthigeyan is working as scientist Botanical Survey of India, Howrah. He joined the Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair in 2001 since then working on floristic studies. He has authored over 40 research papers and described 09 new taxa in association with others.
P. Lakshminarasimhan, Scientist has been working in Botanical Survey of India since 1989. His special interest has been the floristic studies in Western Ghats, Andaman Islands and Loganiaceae. He has so far published 19 books and 107 research papers in peer reviewed national and international journals. 23 new taxa have been described by him in association with others. He had also been on deputation to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. as Indian Botanical Liaison Officer from 2002 to 2004.
S.S. Das, Scientist has been working in Botanical Survey of India since 1996. His special interest has been floristic studies in eastern Himalaya, ex-situ conservation and outreach programmes. He has completed several floristic studies including fragile ecosystems in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. He has discovered 5 new taxa, a new genus, reported more than 100 new records. He has authored more than 60 research papers and 6 books.
