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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, IN
1 Department of Botany, St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous), Thrissur – 680001, Kerala, IN
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South Indian Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol 2, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 145‐151Abstract
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.Full Text
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- Diversity of Herbaceous Riparian Flora in the Lower Stretch of Bharathappuzha River, Kerala
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1 Department of Botany, St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous), Thrissur – 680001, Kerala, IN
1 Department of Botany, St. Thomas’ College (Autonomous), Thrissur – 680001, Kerala, IN
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South Indian Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol 2, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 191‐197Abstract
The herbaceous flora of lower stretch of Baharathapuzha riparian forests has analyzed taxonomically and phytosociologically. There are 176 angiosperms belongs to 63 families and 4 Pteridophyte in 2 families and 1 Gymgosperm in family Cycadaceae. The herbaceous flora composed of 73 species in 29 families. The family Poaceae (14 species) is dominant in the stretch and followed by Asteraceae (11 species). The most frequent herbs are Desmodium triflorum, Emilia sonchifolia, Dactyloctenium aegyptium and Kyllinga brevifolia. Density of herbs indicated that Dactyloctenium aegyptium has the highest, followed by Emilia sonchifolia and Brachiaria ramose. The highest abundance value has Brachiaria ramosa followed by Lindernia serrata Emilia sonchifolia and Biophytum sensitivum. The shannonn H'=1.559562 the riparian stretches uniform diversity. The Shannon Weiner diversity index H'=1.559562 which indicates uniform diversity.Keywords
Riparian, Herbs, APG III, Diversity, Ponnani.Full Text
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