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Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Analysis of the flora. 3. Enumeration. References. Index.

The book ‘Flora of North Andaman Islands (in reference to six Wildlife Sanctuaries)’ provides a floristic data on Vascular Plants of six Wildlife Sanctuaries, viz. East Island, Landfall Island, Narcondam Island, North Reef Island, Paget Island and Peacock Island in North Andaman having a total area of about 53.88 sq.km. It enumerates 387 taxa (372 Angiosperms, 2 Gymnosperms and 13 Pteridophytes) belonging to 295 genera and 108 families. The book provides a detailed analysis, updated nomenclature of each taxa, brief description, phenology habitat, occurrence, voucher numbers with specific locality and association, besides more than 235 coloured photographs. The book also provides data on important species which will help further for sustainable utilization and conservation strategy.