Pharmacognostic studies on premna corymbosa (Burm.f.)Rottl.&Willd

Abstract :

This paper highlights the notes on the occurrence of 57 species of endemic grasses, spreading over 25 genera belonging to the family Poaceae that have been collected from Velliangiri hills, a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, the Western Ghats of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. Of the 57 species of endemics, 19 species are rare and threatened, four species are reported as additions to the flora of Tamil Nadu and 16 species are forms additions to the flora of Coimbatore district also. Tripogon pungens is rediscovered after its type collection, which is endemic to southern Western Ghats, India.