List of endemic plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve information
Of the 3,300 species of flowering plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in southern India, 132 are endemic. The reserve encompasses portions of the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. They are listed by plant family. Plants with an asterisk* are listed in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Plants with a dagger (†) are presumed extinct.[1]
Acanthaceae
Andrographis lobelioides
A. stellulata
Leptacanthus amabilis
Mackenziea homotropa
M. violacea
Nilgirianthus papillosus
N. wighteanus
Phlebophyllum lanatum
Plecaulis sessilis
Rhinacanthus nasutus var. montanus
Thelepaepale bicolor
Adoxaceae
Viburnum hebanthum
Amaranthaceae
Achyranthes aspera f. var. rubrofusca
Annonaceae
Goniothalamus wynaadensis*
Apiaceae
Bunium nothum*
Apocynaceae
Baeolepis nervosa
Aquifoliaceae
Ilex gardneriana*†
Araceae
Arisaema auriculatum
A. pulchrum
A. transluscens
A. tuberculatum
A. tylophorum
Arecaceae
Calamus gamblei var sphaerocarpa
Asclepiadaceae
Brachystelma maculatum
Caralluma nilagiriana
Asteraceae
Anaphalis neelgeiryana
A. notoniana
Helichrysum wightii
Senecio kundaicus
S. lawsonii
S. lessigianus
S. polycephalus
Vemonia saligina var nilghirensis
Youngia nilgirriensis
Balsaminaceae
Impatiens clavicornus
I. debilis
I. denisonii
I. laticornis
I. levengei
I. munronii
I. neo-barnesii
I. nilagirica
I. orchioides
Celastraceae
Microtropis densiflora*
Chrysobalanaceae
Atuna indica*
Commelinaceae
Commelina tricolor
Convolvulaceae
Argyreia coonoorensis
Cyperaceae
Carex christii
C. pseudo-asperata
C. vicinalis
C. curvibracteatus
Fimbristylis latiniglumifera
F. latinucifera
F. rectifolia
Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulon christopheri
E. gamblei
E. pectinatum*
E. robustum*
Euphorbiaceae
Dalechampia velutina
Glochidion sisparense
Mallotus subramanyamii
Reidia timbriata
Fabaceae
Acacia hohenackeri
Crotalaria bidei
C. formosa
C. obtecta
Dalbergia gardneriana
Tephrosia wynaadensis
Gentianaceae
Swertia lawii
Labiatae
Anisochilus dysophylloides var purpureus
Leucas pubescens
L. rosmarinifolia
Pogostemon nilagiricus
P. paludosus
Teucrium wightii
Lauraceae
Actinodaphne lanata*
Actinodaphne lawsonii*
Actinodaphne salicina*
Litsea stocksii f. var. glabrescens
Loranthaceae
Dendrophthoe memecylifolia
D. neelgherrensis var clarkei
Loranthus recurvus
Melastomataceae
Memecylon flavescens*
M. lawsonii
M. sisparense*
Sonerila versicolor var. axillaris
S. wynaadensis
Myrtaceae
Eugenia argentea
Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis*
Syzygium malabaricum
Orchidaceae
Aerides elatoir
Bulbophyllum acutiflorum
B. aureum
B. fusco-purpureum
B. kaitiense
B. nodosum
Coelogyne odoratissima var. angustifolia
Corymborkis veratifolia
Eria nana
E. polystachya
Habenaria cephalotes
H. denticulata
H. polyodon
Liparis biloba
Malaxis crenulata
Spiranthes sinensis var. wightiana
Thrixspermum muscaeflorum var nilagiricum
Vanda wightii
Oxalidaceae
Biophytum polyphyllum
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporum viridulatum*
Poaceae
Andropogon longipes
A. polyptychus
Arudinella purpurea
A. setosa var nilgiriana
Brachiaria semiundulata
Eriochrysis rangacharii
Garnotia schmidii
Isachne deccanensis
I. nilagiricum
I. oreades
Ochlandra beddomei
O. setigera
Panicum fischeri
Poa gamblei
Primulaceae
Embelia gardneriana
Maesa velutina*
Ranunculaceae
Clematis theobromina
Rubiaceae
Hedyotis hirsutissima
Lasianthus ciliatus
Oldenlandia hirsutissima
O. sisparensis
Ophiorrhiza brunois var brunois
O. pykarensis*
Pavetta brunois
P. hohenhackeri
P. wightii
Rutaceae
Melicope indica*
Sapotaceae
Isonandra perrottetiana
Smilacaceae
Smilax wightii*
Symplocaceae
Symplocos microphylla
S. pulchra
Umbelliferae
Bupleurum plantaginifolium
Heracleum hookerianum
Urticaceae
Pouzolzia wightii f.var. nilghirensis
Viscaceae
Viscum orbiculatum
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^Ranjit Daniels, R. J. (1996). The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve: A Review of Conservation Status with Recommendations for a Wholistic Approach to Management. Working Paper No. 16, 1996. UNESCO (South-South Cooperation Programme), Paris. [1]
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