Flora of India
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The flora of India is one of the richest of the world due to a wide range of climate, topology and environments in the country. It is thought there are over 16000 species of flowering plants in India, which account for 6 percent of the total plant species in the world. Due to the wide range of climatic conditions, India holds rich variety of flora. India covers more than 45,000 species of flora, out of which there are several species that are not found anywhere else. Since ancient times, use of plants as a source of medicines has been the inherent part of life in India. There are more than 3000 officially documented plants in India that holds great medicinal potential. India comprises seven percent of world's flora. India is divided into main eight floristic regions namely - Western Himalayas, Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Indus plain, Ganga plain, the Deccan, the Malabar and the Andamans.
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Gymnosperms
Equisetophyta
Lycopodiophyta
Pinophyta - sd:cycadophytina
Pinophyta - sd:gnetophytina
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Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and cypress are the famous timber-yielding plants of which several also occur widely in the hilly regions of India
Pinophyta - sd:pinophytina
Polypodiophyta
Psilotophyta
- Psilotaceae
- Psilotum nudum (Western Ghats, Central India and northeast India)
- Psilotum complanatum Sw. Nicobar Islands[1]
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Angiosperms
Alismatidae
Arecidae
Asterids
- Acanthaceae
- Asclepiadaceae .sf
- Apocynaceae
- Asteraceae
- Bignoniaceae
- Boraginaceae
- Buddlejaceae
- Campanulaceae
- Caprifoliaceae
- Convolvulaceae
- Cuscutaceae
- Dipsacaceae
- Gentianaceae
- Gesneriaceae
- Globulariaceae
- Goodeniaceae
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Lamiaceae
- Lentibulariaceae
- Lennoaceae
- Loganiaceae
- Menyanthaceae
- Myoporaceae
- Oleaceae
- Orobanchaceae
- Pedaliaceae
- Plantaginaceae
- Polemoniaceae
- Rubiaceae
- Scrophulariaceae
- Solanaceae
- Valerianaceae
- Verbenaceae
Caryophyllidae
- Aizoaceae
- Amaranthaceae
- Basellaceae
- Cactaceae
- Caryophyllaceae
- Chenopodiaceae
- Didiereaceae
- Molluginaceae
- Nyctaginaceae
- Phytolaccaceae
- Plumbaginaceae
- Polygonaceae
- Portulacaceae
Commelinidae
Dilleniidae
- Bataceae
- Begoniaceae
- Bixaceae
- Bombacaceae
- Brassicaceae
- Capparaceae
- Caricaceae
- Cistaceae
- Clusiaceae
- Cucurbitaceae
- Dilleniaceae
- Droseraceae
- Ebenaceae
- Elaeocarpaceae
- Epacridaceae
- Ericaceae
- Flacourtiaceae
- Fouquieriaceae
- Lecythidaceae
- Loasaceae
- Malvaceae
- Marcgraviaceae
- Monotropaceae
- Moringaceae
- Nepenthaceae
- Ochnaceae
- Paeoniaceae
- Passifloraceae
- Primulaceae
- Pyrolaceae
- Salicaceae
- Sapotaceae
- Sarcolaenaceae
- Sarraceniaceae
- Sterculiaceae
- Styracaceae
- Tamaricaceae
- Theaceae
- Theophrastaceae
- Tiliaceae
- Turneraceae
- Violaceae
Hamamelidae
- Betulaceae
- Cannabaceae
- Casuarinaceae
- Cecropiaceae
- Fagaceae
- Hamamelidaceae
- Juglandaceae
- Moraceae
- Myricaceae
- Platanaceae
- Ulmaceae
- Urticaceae
Lilliidae
- Agavaceae
- Aloeaceae
- Burmanniaceae
- Dioscoreaceae
- Haemodoraceae
- Hanguanaceae
- Iridaceae
- Liliaceae
- Orchidaceae
- Pontederiaceae
- Smilacaceae
- Taccaceae
- Xanthorrhoeaceae
Magnoliidae
- Aristolochiaceae
- Annonaceae
- False Ashoka / Mast tree Polyalthia longifolia
- Berberidaceae
- Calycanthaceae
- Chloranthaceae
- Coriariaceae
- Fumariaceae
- Grossulariaceae
- Hernandiaceae
- Illiciaceae
- Lauraceae
- Magnoliaceae
- Menispermaceae
- Myristicaceae
- Nelumbonaceae
- Nymphaeaceae
- Papaveraceae
- Piperaceae
- Ranunculaceae
- Saururaceae
- Winteraceae
Rosidae
- Aceraceae
- Anacardiaceae
- Apiaceae
- Aquifoliaceae
- Araliaceae
- Balsaminaceae
- Buxaceae
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Celastraceae
- Chrysobalanaceae
- Cneoraceae
- Combretaceae
- Corynocarpaceae
- Connaraceae
- Cornaceae
- Crassulaceae
- Dichapetalaceae
- Elaeagnaceae
- Erythroxylaceae
- Euphorbiaceae
- (Phyllanthus emblica), Indian gooseberry
- Fabaceae
- Garryaceae
- Geraniaceae
- Grossulariaceae
- Gunneraceae
- Hippocastanaceae
- Hydrangeaceae
- Icacinaceae
- Leeaceae
- Limnanthaceae
- Linaceae
- Lythraceae
- Malpighiaceae
- Melastomataceae
- Meliaceae
- Mimosaceae
- Myrtaceae
- Olacaceae
- Onagraceae
- Oxalidaceae
- Pittosporaceae
- Polygalaceae
- Proteaceae
- Punicaceae
- Rafflesiaceae
- Rhamnaceae
- Rhizophoraceae
- Rosaceae
- Rutaceae
- Sapindaceae
- Santalaceae
- Saxifragaceae
- Simaroubaceae
- Sonneratiaceae
- Surianaceae
- Thymelaeaceae
- Tropaeolaceae
- Vitaceae
- Viscaceae
- Zygophyllaceae
Zingiberidae
See also
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- SPECIES CHECKLIST: Species Diversity in India; ENVIS Centre: Wildlife & Protected Areas (Secondary Database); Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
- ENVIS Centre: Wildlife & Protected Areas (Secondary Database); Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
- Free EBOOK: Special Habitats and Threatened Plants of India; Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
- ENVIS Centre on Conservation of Ecological Heritage and Sacred Sights of India; ENVIS; C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre is a Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flora of India. |
- List of Indian medicinal plants on the Biodiversity of India website. A list of 932 commercially traded Indian medicinal plants (as per the ENVIS-FRLHT database) and their taxonomic status.
- Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 1
- Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 2
- Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 3
- Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 4
- Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 5
- Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India Volume 6
- Flora of Andhra Pradesh By Sharfudding Khan
- Flora of Andhra Pradesh by RD Reddy
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