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Herbaceous Flora of Sacred Grooves in Perumudiyoor, Muthuthala Gramapanchayath, Pattambi


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1 Department of Botany, St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous), Thrissur – 680001, Kerala, India
 

The herbaceous flora of sacred groves of Perumudiyoor region has analysed taxonomically and phytosociologically. There are 165 angiosperms, 1 Gymnosperm and 2 Pteridophytes belongs to 62 families. The herbaceous flora consists of 43 species in 22 families. The dominant families of herbaceous members are Amaranthaceae and Asteraceae. The vegetation profile of the sacred groves in Perumudiyoor consists of 43 herbs, 24 shrubs, 9 climbers, 1 epiphyte and 59 trees. The most frequent herbs are Commelina diffusa, and Ruellia prostrata. Curculigo orchioides has highest density and highest abundance which contribute the highest percent in the ground cover of herbaceous species. The Shannon Weiner diversity Index (H') is 1.80695667 which indicates the species are distributed uniformly and shows high diversity without dominant species.

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Sacred Groves, Herbs, APG III, Diversity, Perumudiyoor.
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Authors

Nishitha Parappurath
Department of Botany, St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous), Thrissur – 680001, Kerala, India
Joby Paul
Department of Botany, St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous), Thrissur – 680001, Kerala, India

Abstract


The herbaceous flora of sacred groves of Perumudiyoor region has analysed taxonomically and phytosociologically. There are 165 angiosperms, 1 Gymnosperm and 2 Pteridophytes belongs to 62 families. The herbaceous flora consists of 43 species in 22 families. The dominant families of herbaceous members are Amaranthaceae and Asteraceae. The vegetation profile of the sacred groves in Perumudiyoor consists of 43 herbs, 24 shrubs, 9 climbers, 1 epiphyte and 59 trees. The most frequent herbs are Commelina diffusa, and Ruellia prostrata. Curculigo orchioides has highest density and highest abundance which contribute the highest percent in the ground cover of herbaceous species. The Shannon Weiner diversity Index (H') is 1.80695667 which indicates the species are distributed uniformly and shows high diversity without dominant species.

Keywords


Sacred Groves, Herbs, APG III, Diversity, Perumudiyoor.

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