Abstract
Trees and lianas were inventorized in Barail Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India, which revealed the occurrence of 112 and 23 species of trees and lianas respectively. Two separate lists, one for trees and other for lianas, of all the enumerated taxa are presented here with their vernacular names, phenology, places of occurrence and collection number(s). Threat status of each taxon according to IUCN Red List categories is also provided. Anthropogenic activities and other natural calamities are causing serious threats particularly to the tree diversity of the sanctuary. In addition, destruction of one tree may eradicate many lianas from a particular area. Thus, many species of trees and lianas are under alarming threat in the sanctuary. Conservation through in situ and ex situ modi operandi is recommended.
Highlights
Inventorization of plants of a particular area comprises basic biodiversity studies and assessment of their conser‐ vation status
The Barail Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) is under the administrative control of the Southern Assam Forest Circle, Silchar, and consists of Barail Reserve Forest, which is part of the Cachar Forest Division (East Block) and North Cachar Reserve Forest, part of the Karimgunj Forest Division (West Block) (Fig. 1)
The remaining 20 families were represented by a single species in the BWS
Summary
Inventorization of plants of a particular area comprises basic biodiversity studies and assessment of their conser‐ vation status. Tropical evergreen forests constitute one of the most biodiversity rich habitats on the globe (Khandekar and Srivastava 2014). An exhaustive inventory of tropical plant species is, one of the primary objectives for the plant tax‐ onomists. Within India, the tropical monsoon climate that prevails in the Eastern Himalayas, Northeastern India, and Western Ghats allows for a rich and diverse flora. Though steps have been taken towards cataloguing the biodiversity of protected areas in India, knowledge of the diverse flora of many protected areas, in northeastern India, is still lacking. There was no compre‐ hensive study on the diversity of angiosperms of Barail
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