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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.
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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
Amaranthaceae
Annonaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Aquifoliaceae
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
Chrysobalanaceae
Commelinaceae
Convolvulaceae
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
Labiatae
Anisochilus dysophylloides var purpureus
Leucas pubescens
L. rosmarinifolia
Pogostemon nilagiricus
P. paludosus
Teucrium wightii
Lauraceae
Loranthaceae
Dendrophthoe memecylifolia
D. neelgherrensis var clarkei
Loranthus recurvus
Melastomataceae
Memecylon flavescens *
M. lawsonii
M. sisparense *
Sonerila versicolor var. axillaris
S. wynaadensis
Myrtaceae
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
Pittosporaceae
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
Rubiaceae
Hedyotis hirsutissima
Lasianthus ciliatus
Oldenlandia hirsutissima
O. sisparensis
Ophiorrhiza brunois var brunois
O. pykarensis *
Pavetta brunois
P. hohenhackeri
P. wightii
Rutaceae
Sapotaceae
Smilacaceae
Symplocaceae
Symplocos microphylla
S. pulchra
Umbelliferae
Bupleurum plantaginifolium
Heracleum hookerianum
Urticaceae
Pouzolzia wightii f.var. nilghirensis
Viscaceae
References
^ 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.
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