Flora of Eastern Ghats: Stylidaceae to Plantaginaceae, Volume 4, , T Pullaiah, , S Sandhya Rani, , S Karuppusamy, Regency Publications, 8189233653

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Flora of Eastern Ghats: Stylidaceae to Plantaginaceae, Volume 4

T Pullaiah (Author) S Sandhya Rani (Author) S Karuppusamy (Author)

Synopsis The Eastern Ghats, one of the nine floristic zones in India, are located between 11degree and 50’ and 86 degree 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 from Stylidaceae to Plantaginaceae 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 the 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. Line drawing of most species and photographs of many species are also given.

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About the authors

T Pullaiah

Prof. T Pullah obtained his M.Sc. (1971) and Ph.D. degrees in Botany from Andhra University. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Moscow State University, Russia, during 1976-1978. He traveled widely in Europe and visited Universities and Botanic Gardens in about 16 countries. He joined Sri Krishnadevaraya University as Lecturer in 1979 and became Professor in 1993. He held several positions in the University as Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Head, Department of Botany; Chairman, Board of Studies in Botany; Head, Department of Sericulture; Co-ordinator and Chairman, Board of Studies in Biotechnology; Principal, S K University College and Warden, S K, University Hostels. He has published 43 books, 238 research papers and 35 popular articles in Journals of repute. He is the Principal – Investigator of 20 major Research Projects totaling more than a Crore of Rupees funded by DBT, DST, CSIR, UGC, BSI, WWF, GCC, BARC etc. Under his guidance, 45 students obtained their Ph.D. degrees and 34 students their M.Phil. degrees. He is the recipient of Best Teacher Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Prof. P Maheshwari Gold Medal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxanomy. He served as the Vice President of the Indian Botanical Society and presently the Councilor of the same. He served as a member of Species Survival commission of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

S Sandhya Rani

Dr. S Sandhya Rani obtained her M.Sc. degree (1991) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, A P with first rank and Ph.d. (1998) from Sri Krishnadevaraya University under different projects funded by CSIR, DST and BARC in SK University. She has published more than 30 research papers and co-authored two books entitled Tress of Andhra Pradesh and Flora of Guntur District. She is a life member of three scientific societies viz. IAAT, IBS, NESA. At present she is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany in S K University, Anantpur.

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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