Additions to the flora of Tamil Nadu, India with reference to rare, endemic, red-listed and endangered plants from Velliangiri Hills, a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India

Abstract

This paper deals with the occurrence of five rare, endemic, red-listed and endangered plants such as Buchanania lanceolata Wight, Syzygium bourdillonii (Gamble) Rathakrishnan & N.C. Nair, S. travancoricum Gamble, Begonia trichocarpa Dalz., and Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii (Gamble) Naithani of angiosperms collected from Velliangiri hills, a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, the Western Ghats of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu. They are reported for the first time from Tamil Nadu state. Correct nomenclature, brief descriptions, specimen examined and critical notes if any, along with phenological and distributional data are given for each species to facilitate for further collections and easy identification.