Documentation of Rare, Endemic and Threatened plants from Nilgiri forest of Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is a part of Southern Western Ghats and a place of incredible diversity in landscape and life. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is one of the hot spots of the world with many rare, endemic and threatened plants. The current paper is an attempt to study the conservation assessment of rare, endemic and threatened species (RET) of the Southern Western Ghats. There are 48 flowering plant taxa belonging to 38 genera and 24 families from the Nilgiri District. The Plant list is arranged alphabetically followed by Botanical name, family, habit and habitat, Phenology and its distribution.