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Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India: Rosaceae - Asteraceae, Volume 3

 
T. Pullaiah (Author) K. Sri Ramamurthy (Author) S Karuppusamy (Author)
Synopsis The Eastern Ghats, one of the nine floristic zones in India, are located between 11o30' and 22o N latitude and 76o 50' and 86o 30’E longitude in a North-East to South-West strike. The Eastern Ghats are spread over three states of India, namely Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It covers an area of about 75,000 sq. km with an average width of 200 km in the North and 100 km in the South. They extend over a length of 1750 km between the rivers Mahanadi and Vaigainal along East Coast. In the present volume systematic enumeration of families Rosaceae to Asteraceae is given. Families are arranged according to Bentham and Hooker's system with incorporation of recent changes. Under each family key to the genera, followed by genus with its authority, keys to the species and species enumeration is given. The genera under the family and species under the genus are arranged in alphabetical sequence. Keys are of the indented type. The enumeration of species includes citation according to ICBN, basionym and synonym if any, description and distribution in the Eastern Ghats, flowering and fruiting period, vernacular names, specimens examined and distribution in India and world. Index to families, genera and species are given at the end.
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About the authors

T. Pullaiah

Prof. T. Pullaiah obtained his M.Sc., (1973) and Ph.D., (1976) degrees in Botany from Andhra University. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow at Moscow State University, Russia during 1976-78. He traveled widely in Europe and visited Universities and Botanical Gardens in about 16 countries. Professor Pullaiah joined Sri Krishnadevaraya University as a Lecturer in 1979 and became Professor in 1993. At present he is Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences; Head, Department of Botany; Co-ordinator and Chairman BOS in Biotechnology. Professor Pullaiah has published 25 books, 175 research papers and 35 popular articles. His books include Embryology of Compositae; Flora of Andhra Pradesh (4 Vols.); Trees of Andhra Pradesh; Taxonomy of Angiosperms; Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India; Flora of Ranga Reddi District; Flora of Anantapur District; Flora of Kurnool; Flora of Nizamabad; Embryology and Apomixis in Grasses; Flora of Eastern Ghats - Vol.1 and Vol.2; Biodiversity in India - Vol.1; etc. He is principal investigator of 14 major Research Projects totaling more than 70 lakhs funded by DBT, DST, CSIR, DOEF, GCC and WWF. Under his guidance 35 students obtained their Ph.D. degree and 32 students obtained their M. Phil. degree. He is recipient of Best Teacher Award from Government of Andhra Pradesh and receipient of Panchanan Maheshwari Medal of Indian Botanical Society for the year 2002 and Y.D. Tyagi Gold Medal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy. He is a Member of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

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K. Sri Ramamurthy

Dr. K. Sri Ramamurthy did his masters degree (1994) in Botany from Nagarjuna University and thereafter obtained his Ph.D. (1998) from Sri Krishnadevaraya University. He has published 25 research papers in leading Indian and overseas Journals. His principal interest is in plant Taxonomy and Molecular systematics. He is currently working as Research Associate in DBT Project with the senior author.

S Karuppusamy

Dr. S. Karuppusamy is Research Associate in Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur.  He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Gandhigram Rural Institute, Deemed University, Tamil Nadu in 2003.  Later he worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow in Department of Biotechnology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University.  He published more than 20 research papers in referred journals.  He is life member of many scientific societies and recipient of Young Botanist Award 2006 from Indian Botanical Society.

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Title Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India: Rosaceae - Asteraceae, Volume 3
Format Hardcover
Date published: 21.09.2007
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 9788189233549
length xii+332p., Figures; Plates; Index; 24cm.