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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Acknowledgements. Preface. Index to Photographs. 1. Introduction management history and general note. 2. Geology geography and climate. 3. A short historical note with past botanical work present work and reasons for undertaking. 4. Tribals. 5. Forest fauna. 6. Forest types. 7. Hydrophytes Epiphytes and parasites. 8. Weeds of the National Park. 9. Monsoon flora. 10. Floristic analysis. 11. Medicinal plants. 12. Economic and poisonous plants. 13. Plants of horticultural importance. 14. RET Species. 15. Conclusions. Abbreviations. Systematic enumeration. Bibliography. Index to botanical names. Index to local names. From the Foreword The introductory chapters are quite informative and will serve as a first hand information. The systematic treatment deals with a total number of 1109 of wild plants from the National Park. The dichotomous keys are provided to differentiate families genera species and infraspecific taxa as an aid to identification. Citation of the plant is followed by a short description phenology illustrations if any and its distribution. The local names of the plants if available and uses if any are also given. Alphabetical order is followed for easy reference. The flora has been accentuated with many colour photographs line drawings of the plants and maps. 814 pp. …

Hardbound. Zustand: New. Contents: Preface. Colour photographs. Introduction. 1. Past and present work. 2. Topography and general features. 3. Climate. 4. Forest biota. 5. The tribals. 6. Vegetation types. 7. Floristic analysis. 8. Plants of medicinal, horticultural and economic importance. 9. Plants of botanical interest. 10. Places of biological interest. 11. Concluding remarks. 12. Systematic treatment. Bibliography. Index to botanical names. Index to local names. Addenda. "The flora deals with a total number of 1,042 taxa of vascular plants belonging to 497 genera and 118 families. The families are arranged following Bentham and Hooker's system of classification with circumscription of some families modified according to the recent delimitations. The dichotomous keys to the families, genera and species are provided giving diagnostic characters for easy identification. The genera and species are arranged alphabetically for ready reference. The nomenclature of all the species has been updated following recent revisions, monographs and international code of botanical nomenclature. A brief description of the species, followed by its distribution and phenology is given. The references to the published illustrations are also provided.". …

Hardcover. Good condition in dust jacket (inside flaps pasted-down). 113pp. ISBN 9840801112. 7542.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Matheran is a hill station in the Indian state of Maharashtra, located in Sahyadri ranges of the northern extent of the Western Ghats, about 43 km east of the state's capital city Mumbai. Matheran lies between 18? 58' 48" N and 73? 16' 12" E. The average elevation of the area is 800 m from mean sea level, and covers a total geographical area of 21 km². The name is derived from two Marathi words 'mathe' means a head and 'ran', a wood or forest, i.e., the name Matheran means a 'wood-headed' or 'forest perched at the top'. Matheran is an eco-sensitive region declared by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India on February 4, 2003. It is known for its salubrious climate and well-preserved colonial architecture. Matheran is floristically a very rich pocket with almost undisturbed vegetation, visited by a large number of tourists but vehicles are not allowed to this hill station. This book reports the occurrence of 743 species and 20 infra-specific taxa belonging to 438 genera under 121 families of Angiosperms and 1 species of Gymnosperm based on extensive botanical explorations in the area. The book has a map of the area and photographs of plants. For every taxon, up-to-date nomenclature and information on the habitat and phenology are provided. Artificial keys to the families, genera and species are provided for easy and correct identification. This Flora will be most useful for students, researchers, foresters, agricultural scientists and in general to all the nature lovers who are concerned with the preservation and proper utilization of the plant wealth of our country.…