Rare, endangered and threatened plants of Kerala

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The Database on Rare, Endangered and Threatened plants of Kerala is a red list compiled by The Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, Kerala, with information from various institutions and scientists. It is a list of plants that are presently threatened present in Kerala. [1]

Serial NumberName of the SpeciesCommon nameFamilyConservation status
1 Acampe congesta (Lindl.) Lindl. Orchidaceae
2 Acranthera grandiflora Bedd. Rubiaceae
3 Actinodaphne campanulata Hook. f. var. campanulata Lauraceae
4 Actinodaphne campanulata Hook. f. var. obtusa Gamble Lauraceae
5 Actinodaphne lawsonii Gamble Lauraceae VU
6 Actinodaphne malabarica Balakr. Lauraceae
7 Actinodaphne salicina Meisner in DC. Lauraceae EN
8 Aglaia apiocarpa (Thw.) Hiern in Hook. f. Meliaceae VU
9 Aglaia barberi Gamble Meliaceae
10 Aglaia bourdillonii Gamble Meliaceae VU
11 Aglaia edulis (Roxb.) Wall. Meliaceae NT
12 Aglaia lawii (Wight) Sald. in Sald. & Nicols. Meliaceae LC
13 Aglaia malabarica Sasidh. Meliaceae cr
14 Aglaia perviridis Hiern in Hook. f. Meliaceae vu
15 Aglaia simplicifolia (Bedd.) Harms Meliaceae NT
16 Albizia lathamii Hole Mimosaceae
17 Allophylus concanicus Radlk. Sapindaceae
18 Amomum pterocarpum Thw. Zingiberaceae
19 Amorphophallus hohenackeri (Schott) Engl. & Gehrm. Araceae
20 Ampelocissus indica (L.) Planch. Vitaceae
21 Anacolosa densiflora Bedd. Olacaceae EN
22 Anaphalis barnesii Fischer Asteraceae
23 Anaphalis beddomei Hook. f. Asteraceae
24 Anaphalis neelgerryana (Sch.-Bip. exDC.) DC. Asteraceae
25 Anaphalis notoniana (DC.) DC. Asteraceae
26 Anaphalis travancorica W. W. Smith Asteraceae
27 Anaphyllum beddomei Engl. Araceae
28 Anaphyllum wightii Schott. Araceae
29 Andrographis explicata (Clarke) Gamble Acanthaceae
30 Aneilema ovalifolia (Wight) Hook. f. ex Clarke in A. & C. DC. Commelinaceae
31 Anisochilus argenteus Gamble Lamiaceae
32 Anisochilus wightii Hook. f. Lamiaceae
33 Antistrophe serratifolia (Bedd.) Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. f. Primulaceae
34 Aporosa bourdillonii Stapf Euphorbiaceae EN
35 Aralia malabarica Bedd. Araliaceae VU
36 Ardisia amplexicaulis Bedd. Primulaceae EN
37 Ardisia blatteri Gamble Primulaceae EN
38 Ardisia sonchifolia Mez. in Engl. Primulaceae EN
39 Arenga wightii Griff. Arecaceae VU
40 Arisaema attenuatum Barnes & Fischer Araceae
41 Arisaema barnesii Fischer Araceae
42 Arisaema murrayi (Graham) Hook. Araceae
43 Arisaema psittacus Barnes in Hook Araceae
44 Arisaema sarracenioides Barnes & Fischer in Hook. Araceae
45 Arisaema translucens Fischer Araceae
46 Arisaema tuberculatum Fischer Araceae
47 Arisaema tylophorum Fischer Araceae
48 Aspidopterys canarensis Dalz. Malpighiaceae
49 Atuna indica (Bedd.) Kosterm. Chrysobalanaceae EN
50 Atuna travancorica (Bedd.) Kosterm. Chrysobalanaceae EN
51 Begonia albo-coccinea Hook. Begoniaceae
52 Begonia aliciae Fischer Begoniaceae
53 Begonia canarana Miq. Begoniaceae
54 Begonia cordifolia (Wight) Thw. Begoniaceae
55 Begonia subpeltata Wight Begoniaceae
56 Begonia trichocarpa Dalz. Begoniaceae
57 Beilschmiedia wightii (Nees) Benth. ex Hook. f. Lauraceae
58 Belosynapsis kewensis Hassk. Commelinaceae
59 Belosynapsis vivipara (Dalz.) Fischer Commelinaceae
60 Bentinckia condapanna Berry & Roxb. Arecaceae VU
61 Bhidea burnsiana Bor Poaceae
62 Biophytum insigne Gamble Oxalidaceae
63 Biophytum longipedunculatum Govind. Oxalidaceae
64 Blachia reflexa Benth. Euphorbiaceae
65 Blepharistemma serratum (Dennst.) Suresh in Nicols. et al. Rhizophoraceae
66 Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) O. Ktze. Zingiberaceae
67 Buchanania barberi Gamble Anacardiaceae CR
68 Buchanania lanceolata Wight Anacardiaceae VU
69 Bulbophyllum albidum (Wight) Hook. f. Orchidaceae
70 Bulbophyllum aureum (Hook. f.) J. J. Smith Orchidaceae
71 Bulbophyllum elegantulum (Rolfe) J. J. Smith Orchidaceae
72 Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum Wight Orchidaceae
73 Bulbophyllum mysorense (Rolfe) J. J. Smith Orchidaceae
74 Bunium nothum (Clarke) Mukherjee Apiaceae
75 Byrsophyllum tetrandrum (Bedd.) Hook. f. ex Bedd. Rubiaceae
76 Calamus brandisii Becc. ex Becc. & Hook. f. in Hook. f. Arecaceae
77 Calamus huegelianus Mart. Arecaceae
78 Calamus nagbettai Fernandez Dey Arecaceae
79 Campanula alphonsii Wall. ex A. DC. Companulaceae
80 Canthium neilgherrense Wight Rubiaceae
81 Capparis diversifolia Wight & Arn. Capparaceae
82 Capparis fusifera Dunn Capparaceae
83 Capparis rheedei DC. Capparaceae
84 Capparis shevaroyensis Sundara Raghavan Capparaceae
85 Caralluma procumbens Grav. & Mayur. Asclepiadaceae
86 Carex wightiana Nees in Wight Cyperaceae
87 Casearia rubescens Dalz. var. gamblei Mukherjee Flacourtiaceae
88 Casearia wynadensis Bedd. Flacourtiaceae VU
89 Cayratia pedata (Lam.) A. Juss. ex Gagnep. var. glabra Gamble Vitaceae
90 Ceropegia beddomei Hook. f. Asclepiadaceae
91 Ceropegia decaisneana Wight Asclepiadaceae
92 Ceropegia fimbriifera Bedd. Asclepiadaceae
93 Ceropegia maculata Bedd. Asclepiadaceae
94 Ceropegia metziana Miq. Asclepiadaceae
95 Ceropegia omissa H. Huber Asclepiadaceae
96 Ceropegia pusilla Wight & Arn. in Wight Asclepiadaceae
97 Ceropegia spiralis Wight Asclepiadaceae
98 Ceropegia thwaitesii Hook. Asclepiadaceae
99 Ceropegia vincifolia Hook. Asclepiadaceae
100 Chionanthus linocieroides (Wight) Bennet & Raizada Oleaceae
101 Chloroxylon swietenia DC. Flindersiaceae VU
102 Chrysopogon tadulingamii Sreekumar et al. Poaceae
103 Chrysopogon velutinus (Hook. f.) Bor Poaceae
104 Cinnamomum chemungianum Mohanan & Henry Lauraceae
105 Cinnamomum filipedicellatum Kosterm. Lauraceae
106 Cinnamomum perrottetii Meisner in DC. Lauraceae
107 Cinnamomum riparium Gamble Lauraceae
108 Cinnamomum travancoricum Gamble Lauraceae
109 Cirrhopetalum neilgherrense Wight Orchidaceae
110 Claoxylon anomalum Hook. f. Euphorbiaceae
111 Cleistanthus travancorensis Jablonszky Euphorbiaceae
112 Clematis bourdillonii Dunn Ranunculaceae
113 Coelogyne mossiae Rolfe Orchidaceae
114 Colubrina travancorica Bedd. Rhamnaceae
115 Commelina indehiscens Barnes Commelinaceae
116 Commelina wightii Rao Commelinaceae
117 Corymborkis veratrifolia (Reinw.) Blume Orchidaceae
118 Crotalaria barbata Graham ex Wight & Arn. Fabaceae
119 Crotalaria bidiei Gamble Fabaceae
120 Crotalaria clarkei Gamble Fabaceae
121 Crotalaria fysonii Dunn var. glabra Gamble Fabaceae
122 Crotalaria grahamiana Wight & Arn. Fabaceae
123 Crotalaria longipes Wight & Arn. Fabaceae
124 Crotalaria scabra Gamble Fabaceae
125 Crotalaria willdenowiana DC. Fabaceae
126 Cryptocarya anamalayana Gamble Lauraceae EN
127 Cryptocarya beddomei Gamble Lauraceae
128 Cryptocoryne consobrina Schott Araceae
129 Curcuma decipiens Dalz. Zingiberaceae
130 Cyanotis burmanniana Wight Commelinaceae
131 Cyathocline lutea Lawson ex Wight Asteraceae
132 Cyclea fissicalyx Dunn in Gamble Menispermaceae
133 Cynanchum alatum Wight & Arn. in Wight Asclepiadaceae
134 Cynometra beddomei Prain Caesalpiniaceae EN
135 Cynometra travancorica Bedd. Caesalpiniaceae EN
136 Dalbergia beddomei Thoth. Fabaceae
137 Dalbergia congesta Graham ex Wight & Arn. Fabaceae
138 Dalbergia horrida (Dennst.) Mabb. var. glabrescens (Prain) Thoth. & Nair Fabaceae
139 Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. Fabaceae VU
140 Dalbergia malabarica Prain Fabaceae
141 Dalbergia travancorica Thoth. Fabaceae
142 Dendrobium jerdonianum Wight Orchidaceae
143 Dendrobium microbulbon A. Rich. Orchidaceae
144 Derris benthamii (Thw.) Thw. Fabaceae
145 Derris brevipes (Benth.) Baker var. travancorica Thoth. Fabaceae
146 Derris thothathrii Bennet Fabaceae
147 Desmodium ferrugineum Wall. ex Thw. ssp. Wynaadense (Bedd ex Gamble) Ohashi Fabaceae
148 Desmos viridiflorus (Bedd.) Safford Annonaceae
149 Dialium travancoricum Bourd. Caesalpiniaceae VU
150 Didymocarpus fischeri Gamble Gesneriaceae
151 Didymocarpus ovalifolia Wight Gesneriaceae
152 Didymocarpus repens Bedd. Gesneriaceae
153 Dimeria borii Sreekumar et al. Poaceae
154 Dimeria kanjirapallilana Jacob Poaceae
155 Dimeria kurumthotticalana Jacob Poaceae
156 Dioscorea wightii Hook. f. Dioscoreaceae
157 Diospyros barberi Ramas. Ebenaceae
158 Diospyros sulcata Bourd. Ebenaceae
159 Diospyros trichophylla Alston in Trimen Ebenaceae
160 Dipterocarpus bourdillonii Brandis in Hook. Dipterocarpaceae CR
161 Dimorphocalyx beddomei (Benth.) Airy Shaw Euphorbiaceae
162 Drypetes confertiflora (Hook. f.) Pax & Hoffm. Euphorbiaceae
163 Drypetes gardneri (Thw.) Pax & Hoffmann Euphorbiaceae
164 Drypetes malabarica (Bedd.) Airy Shaw Euphorbiaceae
165 Drypetes wightii (Hook. f. ) Pax & Hoffm. Euphorbiaceae VU
166 Dysoxylum beddomei Hiern in Hook. f. Meliaceae
167 Ehretia wightiana Wall. ex G. Don Boraginaceae
168 Elaeocarpus munroi (Wight) Mast. in Hook. f. Elaeocarpaceae NT
169 Elaeocarpus recurvatus Corner Elaeocarpaceae VU
170 Elaeocarpus venustus Bedd. Elaeocarpaceae VU
171 Embelia gardneriana Wight Primulaceae
172 Epithema carnosum (G. Don) Benth. var. hispida Clarke in A. & C. DC. Gesneriaceae
173 Eria albiflora Rolfe Orchidaceae
174 Eriocaulon cuspidatum Dalz. Eriocaulaceae
175 Eriolaena lushingtonii Dunn Sterculiaceae VU
176 Eugenia argentea Bedd. Myrtaceae
177 Syzygium calcadense (Bedd.) Chandrash. Myrtaceae VU
178 Eugenia discifera Gamble Myrtaceae EN
179 Eugenia indica (Wight) Chithra in Nair & Henry Myrtaceae EN
180 Eugenia rottleriana Wight & Arn. Myrtaceae VU
181 Eugenia singampattiana Bedd. Myrtaceae EN
182 Eulophia cullenii (Wight) Blume Orchidaceae
183 Euonymus angulatus Wight Celastraceae VU
184 Euonymus laxiflorus Champ. ex Benth. Celastraceae LC
185 Euonymus serratifolius Bedd. Celastraceae EN
186 Euphorbia santapaui Henry Euphorbiaceae
187 Euphorbia vajravelui Binoj. & Balakr. Euphorbiaceae VU
188 Exacum anamallayanum Bedd. Gentianaceae
189 Exacum courtallense Arn. Gentianaceae
190 Exacum travancoricum Bedd. Gentianaceae
191 Fimbristylis arnottiana Boeck. Cyperaceae
192 Garcinia imberti Bourd. Clusiaceae CR
193 Garcinia rubroechinata Kosterm. Clusiaceae EN
194 Garcinia travancorica Bedd. Clusiaceae CR
195 Garcinia wightii Anders. in Hook. f. Clusiaceae EN
196 Garnotia puchiparensis Bor Poaceae
197 Garnotia schmidii Hook. f. Poaceae
198 Glochidion bourdillonii Gamble Euphorbiaceae VU
199 Glochidion hohenackeri (Muell.-Arg) Bedd. var. johnstonei (Hook. f.) Chakrab. & Gangop. Euphorbiaceae
200 Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertn.) A. Juss. var. tomentosum (Dalz.) Chakrab. & Gangop. Euphorbiaceae
201 Gluta travancorica Bedd. Anacardiaceae NT
202 Glycosmis macrocarpa Wight Rutaceae
203 Glyphochloa divergens (Hack.) W.D. Clayton Poaceae
204 Glyptopetalum lawsonii Gamble Celastraceae VU
205 Gnaphalium coarctatum Willd. Asteraceae
206 Goniothalamus rhynchantherus Dunn Annonaceae EN
207 Goniothalamus wynaadensis (Bedd.) Bedd. Annonaceae NT
208 Grewia gamblei Drumm. ex Dunn in Gamble Tiliaceae
209 Grewia heterotricha Mast. in Hook. f. Tiliaceae
210 Grewia pandaica Drumm. ex Dunn in Gamble Tiliaceae
211 Gymnema khandalense Sant. Asclepiadaceae
212 Habenaria barnesii Summerh. ex Fischer in Gamble Orchidaceae
213 Habenaria richardiana Wight Orchidaceae
214 Haplothismia exannulata Airy Shaw Burmanniaceae
215 Hedyotis albo-nervia Bedd. Rubiaceae
216 Hedyotis articularis R. Br. exWight & Arn. ssp. santapaui (Shetty & Vivek.) Deb & Dutta Rubiaceae
217 Hedyotis beddomei Hook. f. Rubiaceae
218 Hedyotis bourdillonii (Gamble) Rao & Hemadri Rubiaceae
219 Hedyotis buxifolia Bedd. Rubiaceae
220 Hedyotis eualata (Gamble) Henry & Subram., var. agastyamalayana Henry & Subram. Rubiaceae
221 Hedyotis eualata (Gamble) Henry & Subram., var. eualata Rubiaceae
222 Hedyotis hirsutissima Bedd. Rubiaceae
223 Hedyotis pruinosa Wight & Arn. Rubiaceae
224 Hedyotis ramarowii (Gamble) Rao & Hemadri Rubiaceae
225 Hedyotis swertioides Hook. f. Rubiaceae
226 Hedyotis travancorica Bedd. Rubiaceae
227 Hedyotis wynaadensis (Gamble) Rao & Hemadri Rubiaceae
228 Heterostemma beddomei (Hook. f.) Swarup. & Mangaly Asclepiadaceae
229 Holigarna beddomei Hook. f. Anacardiaceae
230 Holigarna grahamii (Wight) Kurz Anacardiaceae
231 Homalium jainii Henry & Swamin. Flacourtiaceae
232 Homalium travancoricum Bedd. Flacourtiaceae
233 Hopea erosa (Bedd.) van Sloot. Dipterocarpaceae
234 Hopea glabra Wight & Arn. Dipterocarpaceae
235 Hopea jacobi Fischer Dipterocarpaceae
236 Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb. Dipterocarpaceae
237 Hopea racophloea Dyer in Hook. f. Dipterocarpaceae
238 Hopea utilis (Bedd.) Bole Dipterocarpaceae
239 Humboldtia bourdillonii Prain Caesalpiniaceae
240 Humboldtia decurrens Bedd. ex Oliver in Hook. Caesalpiniaceae
241 Humboldtia laurifolia Vahl Caesalpiniaceae
242 Humboldtia unijuga Bedd. var. trijuga (Joseph & Chandras.) Caesalpiniaceae
243 Humboldtia unijuga Bedd. var. unijuga Caesalpiniaceae
244 Hybanthus travancoricus (Bedd.) Melch. in Engl. & Prantl Violaceae
245 Hydnocarpus macrocarpa (Bedd.) Warb. Flacourtiaceae
246 Hydrocotyle conferta Wight Apiaceae
247 Ilex gardneriana Wight Aquifoliaceae
248 Impatiens acaulis Arn. Balsaminaceae
249 Impatiens anaimudica Fischer Balsaminaceae
250 Impatiens auriculata Wight Balsaminaceae
251 Impatiens cochinica Hook. f. Balsaminaceae
252 Impatiens coelotropis Fischer Balsaminaceae
253 Impatiens concinna Hook. f. Balsaminaceae
254 Impatiens crenata Bedd. Balsaminaceae
255 Impatiens dasysperma Wight Balsaminaceae
256 Impatiens denisonii Bedd. Balsaminaceae
257 Impatiens elegans Bedd. Balsaminaceae
258 Impatiens floribunda Wight Balsaminaceae
259 Impatiens herbicola Hook. f. Balsaminaceae
260 Impatiens johnii Barnes Balsaminaceae
261 Impatiens laticornis Fischer Balsaminaceae
262 Impatiens lucida Heyne ex Hook.f. Balsaminaceae
263 Impatiens macrocarpa Hook. f. Balsaminaceae
264 Impatiens orchioides Bedd. Balsaminaceae
265 Impatiens pallidiflora Hook.f. Balsaminaceae
266 Impatiens pandata Barnes. Balsaminaceae
267 Impatiens phoenicea Bedd. Balsaminaceae
268 Impatiens platyadena Fischer Balsaminaceae
269 Impatiens rufescens Benth. ex Wight & Arn. Balsaminaceae
270 Impatiens rupicola Hook. f. Balsaminaceae
271 Impatiens tenella Heyne ex Hook. f. Balsaminaceae
272 Impatiens travancorica Bedd. Balsaminaceae
273 Impatiens umbellata Heyne ex Roxb. Balsaminaceae
274 Impatiens viridiflora Wight Balsaminaceae
275 Impatiens viscida Wight Balsaminaceae
276 Impatiens viscosa Bedd. Balsaminaceae
277 Impatiens wightiana Bedd. Balsaminaceae
278 Indigofera barberi Gamble Fabaceae
279 Indigofera constricta (Thw.) Trimen Fabaceae
280 Inga cynometroides (Bedd.) Bedd. ex Barker in Hook. f. Mimosaceae
281 Ipsea malabarica (Reichb.f.) Hook. f. Orchidaceae
282 Isachne fischeri Bor Poaceae
283 Isachne setosa Fischer Poaceae
284 Ischaemum agastyamalayanum Sreekumar et al. Poaceae
285 Ischaemum copeanum Sreekumar et al. Poaceae
286 Isonandra stocksii Clarke in Hook. f. Sapotaceae
287 Ixora johnsonii Hook. f. Rubiaceae
288 Ixora lawsonii Gamble Rubiaceae
289 Ixora malabarica (Dennst.) Mabb. Rubiaceae
290 Ixora monticola Gamble Rubiaceae
291 Julostylis polyandra Ravi & Anil Kumar Malvaceae
292 Kalanchoe olivacea Dalz. & Gibs. Chrysobalanaceae
293 Kingiodendron pinnatum (Roxb. exDC.) Caesalpiniaceae
294 Knoxia sumatrensis (Retz.) DC. var. linearis (Gamble) Bhattacharjee & Deb Rubiaceae
295 Kunstleria keralensis Mohanan & Nair Fabaceae
296 Lasianthus blumeanus Wight Rubiaceae
297 Lasianthus capitulatus Wight Rubiaceae
298 Lasianthus ciliatus Wight Rubiaceae
299 Lasianthus cinereus Gamble Rubiaceae
300 Lasianthus dichotomous Wight Rubiaceae
301 Lasianthus jackianus Wight Rubiaceae
302 Lasianthus oblongifolius Bedd. Rubiaceae
303 Lasianthus obovatus Bedd. Rubiaceae
304 Lasianthus rostratus Wight Rubiaceae
305 Lasianthus strigillosus Hook. f. Rubiaceae
306 Lasianthus truncatus Bedd. Rubiaceae
307 Leucas pubescens Benth. Lamiaceae
308 Limnopoa meeboldii (Fischer) C. E. Hubb. in Hook. Poaceae
309 Litsea beddomei Hook. f. Lauraceae
310 Litsea mysorensis Gamble Lauraceae
311 Litsea nigrescens Gamble Lauraceae
312 Litsea travancorica Gamble Lauraceae
313 Luffa umbellata (Klein ) Roem. Cucurbitaceae
314 Madhuca bourdillonii (Gamble) H. J. Lam Sapotaceae
315 Maesa velutina Mez Primulaceae
316 Mallotus atrovirens Muell.-Arg. Euphorbiaceae
317 Marsdenia raziana Yoga. & Subram. Asclepiadaceae
318 Marsdenia tirunelvelica Henry & Subram. Asclepiadaceae
319 Medinilla malabarica (Bedd.) Bedd. Melastomataceae
320 Melicope indica Wight Rutaceae
321 Memecylon flavescens Gamble Melastomataceae
322 Memecylon gracile Bedd. Melastomataceae
323 Memecylon lawsonii Gamble Melastomataceae
324 Memecylon sisparense Gamble Melastomataceae
325 Memecylon subramanii Henry Melastomataceae
326 Mesua ferrea L. var. coromandeliana (Wight) Singh Clusiaceae
327 Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis (Bedd.) Gamble Myrtaceae
328 Miliusa nilagirica Bedd. Annonaceae
329 Miquelia dentata Bedd. Icacinaceae
330 Mitrephora grandiflora Bedd. Annonaceae
331 Morinda reticulata Gamble Rubiaceae
332 Murdannia crocea (Griff.) Faden ssp. ochracea (Dalz.) Faden Commelinaceae
333 Murdannia lanceolata (Wight) Kammathy Commelinaceae
334 Murdannia lanuginosa (Wall. ex Clarke) Brueck. Commelinaceae
335 Mycetia acuminata (Wight) O. Kitze. Rubiaceae
336 Myriactis wightii DC. in Wight var. bellidioides Hook. f. Asteraceae
337 Myristica fatua Houtt. var. magnifica (Bedd.) Sinclair Myristicaceae
338 Myristica malabarica Lam. Myristicaceae
339 Neanotis rheedei (Wall. exWight & Arn.) Lewis Rubiaceae
340 Neolitsea fischeri Gamble Lauraceae
341 Nostolachma crassifolia (Gamble) Deb & Lahiri Rubiaceae
342 Nothopegia aureo-fulva Bedd. ex Hook. f. Anacardiaceae
343 Nothopegia beddomei Gamble var. wynaadica Ellis & Chandra. Anacardiaceae
344 Nothopegia heyneana (Hook. f.) Gamble Anacardiaceae
345 Oberonia brachyphylla Blatt. & McCann Orchidaceae
346 Ochlandra beddomei Gamble Poaceae
347 Ochlandra ebracteata Raizada & Chatterjee Poaceae
348 Ochlandra setigera Gamble Poaceae
349 Ochreinauclea missionis (Wall. ex G. Don) Ridsle Rubiaceae
350 Octotropis travancorica Bedd. Rubiaceae
351 Ophiorrhiza barberi Gamble Rubiaceae
352 Ophiorrhiza burnonis Wight & Arn. var. burnonis Rubiaceae
353 Ophiorrhiza caudata Fischer Rubiaceae
354 Ophiorrhiza roxburghiana Wight Rubiaceae
355 Orophea thomsonii Bedd. Annonaceae
356 Orophea uniflora Hook. f. & Thoms. Annonaceae
357 Osbeckia aspera (L.) Blume var. travancorica (Bedd. ex Gamble) Hansen Melastomataceae
358 Oxytenanthera bourdillonii Gamble Poaceae
359 Palaquium bourdillonii Brandis Sapotaceae
360 Palaquium ravii Sasidh. & Vink Sapotaceae
361 Paphiopedilum druryi (Bedd.) Pfitz. Orchidaceae
362 Pavetta calophylla Bremek. Rubiaceae
363 Pavetta laeta Bremek. Rubiaceae
364 Pavetta nemoralis Bremek. Rubiaceae
365 Pavetta oblanceolata Bremek. Rubiaceae
366 Pavetta praeterita Bremek. Rubiaceae
367 Pavetta travancorica Bremek. Rubiaceae
368 Peucedanum anamallayense Clarke in Hook. f. Apiaceae
369 Phaeanthus malabaricus Bedd. Annonaceae
370 Phyllanthus beddomei (Gamble) Mohanan Euphorbiaceae
371 Phyllanthus chandrabosei Govaerts & Radcl.-Sm. Euphorbiaceae
372 Phyllanthus gageanus (Gamble) Mohanan Euphorbiaceae
373 Phyllanthus megacarpa (Gamble) Kumari & Chadrab. in Henry et al. Euphorbiaceae
374 Phyllanthus narayanaswamii Gamble Euphorbiaceae
375 Phyllocephalum sengaltherianum (Narayana) Narayana Asteraceae
376 Pimpinella pulneyensis Gamble Apiaceae
377 Piper barberi Gamble Piperaceae
378 Piper hapnium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. f. Piperaceae
379 Pittosporum dasycaulon Miq. Pittosporaceae
380 Poeciloneuron pauciflorum Bedd. Bonnetiaceae
381 Pogostemon atropurpureus Benth. in DC. Lamiaceae
382 Pogostemon gardneri Hook. f. Lamiaceae
383 Pogostemon travancoricus Bedd. var. travancoricus Lamiaceae
384 Pogostemon vestitus Benth. in Wall. Lamiaceae
385 Polyalthia rufescens Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook. f. Annonaceae
386 Polyalthia shendurunii Basha & Sasidh. Annonaceae
387 Polypleurum filifolium (Ramam. & Joseph) Nagendran et al. Podostemaceae
388 Polyzygus tuberosus Dalz. Apiaceae
389 Popowia beddomeana Hook. f. & Thoms. In Hook. f. Annonaceae
390 Pothos armatus Fischer Araceae
391 Pothos thomsonianus Schott Araceae
392 Premna glaberrima Wight Verbenaceae
393 Premna paucinervis (Clarke) Gamble Verbenaceae
394 Premna villosa Clarke in Hook. f. Verbenaceae
395 Protasparagus fysonii (Macbr.) Kamble Liliaceae
396 Psychotria barberi Gamble Rubiaceae
397 Psychotria beddomei Deb & Gangop. Rubiaceae
398 Psychotria globicephala Gamble Rubiaceae
399 Psychotria johnsonii Hook. f. Rubiaceae
400 Psychotria macrocarpa Hook. f. Rubiaceae
401 Psydrax ficiformis (Hook. f.) Bridson Rubiaceae
402 Psydrax pergracile (Bourd.) Ridsid. Rubiaceae
403 Pterospermum reticulatum Wight & Arn. Sterculiaceae
404 Rapanea thwaitesii Mez Primulaceae
405 Rauvolfia hookeri Sreenivas. & Chithra in Henry et al. Apocynaceae
406 Rauvolfia micrantha Hook. f. Apocynaceae
407 Rhododendron arboreum J. E. Smith ssp. nilagiricum (Zenk.) Tagg. Ericaceae
408 Rotala ritchiei (Clarke) Koehne Lythraceae
409 Sageraea grandiflora Dunn Annonaceae
410 Sageraea laurifolia (Graham) Blatt. Annonaceae
411 Salacia beddomei Gamble Hippocrateaceae
412 Salacia macrosperma Wight Hippocrateaceae
413 Salacia malabarica Gamble Hippocrateaceae
414 Santalum album L. Santalaceae
415 Saprosma corymbosum (Bedd.) Bedd. Rubiaceae
416 Saprosma fragrans Bedd. Rubiaceae
417 Saraca asoca (Roxb.) de Wilde Caesalpiniaceae
418 Heptapleurum bourdillonii (Gamble) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett Araliaceae
419 Semecarpus auriculata Bedd. Anacardiaceae
420 Semecarpus travancorica Bedd. Anacardiaceae
421 Senecio multiceps Balakr. Asteraceae
422 Smilax wightii A. DC. in A. & C. DC. Smilacaceae
423 Smithia venkobarowii Gamble Fabaceae
424 Solenocarpus indicus Wight & Arn. Anacardiaceae
425 Sonerila devicolamensis Nayar Melastomataceae
426 Sonerila elegans Wight var. beddomei Giri & Nayar Melastomataceae
427 Sonerila grandiflora R. Br. ex Wight & Arn. Melastomataceae
428 Sonerila nemakadensis Fischer Melastomataceae
429 Sonerila pulneyensis Gamble Melastomataceae
430 Sonerila sahyadrica Giri & Nayar Melastomataceae
431 Sonerila speciosa Zenk. Melastomataceae
432 Sonerila versicolor Wight var. axillaris (Wight) Gamble Melastomataceae
433 Sophora wightii Baker in Hook. f. Fabaceae
434 Strobilanthes dupenii Bedd. ex Clarke in Hook. f. Acanthaceae
435 Swertia beddomei Clarke in Hook. f. Gentianaceae
436 Symplocos anamallayana Bedd. Symplocaceae
437 Symplocos macrocarpa Wight ex Clarke ssp. Kanarana (Talbot) Nooteb. Symplocaceae
438 Symplocos macrocarpa Wight exClarke in Hook. f. ssp. macrocarpa Symplocaceae
439 Symplocos monantha Wight Symplocaceae
440 Symplocos nairii Henry et al. Symplocaceae
441 Symplocos oligandra Bedd. Symplocaceae
442 Syzygium benthamianum (Wight ex Duthie) Gamble Myrtaceae
443 Syzygium bourdillonii (Gamble) Rathkr. & Nair Myrtaceae
444 Syzygium chavaran (Bourd.) Gamble Myrtaceae
445 Syzygium courtallensis (Gamble) Alston in Trimen Myrtaceae
446 Syzygium densiflorum Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Myrtaceae
447 Syzygium gambleanum Rathakr. & Chithra. in Henry & Nair Myrtaceae
448 Syzygium myhendrae (Bedd. ex Brandis) Gamble Myrtaceae
449 Syzygium occidentalis (Bourd.) Gandhi in Sald. Myrtaceae
450 Syzygium palghatense Gamble Myrtaceae
451 Syzygium parameswaranii Mohanan & Henry Myrtaceae
452 Syzygium rama-varmae (Bourd.) Chithra in Nair & Henry Myrtaceae
453 Syzygium stocksii (Duthie) Gamble Myrtaceae
454 Syzygium travancoricum Gamble Myrtaceae
455 Tabernaemontana gamblei Subram. & Henry Apocynaceae
456 Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. Apocynaceae
457 Taeniophyllum scaberulum Hook. f. Orchidaceae
458 Tarenna canarica (Bedd.) Bremek. Rubiaceae
459 Tarenna monosperma (Wight & Arn.) Raju Rubiaceae
460 Tarenna nilagirica (Bedd.) Bremek. Rubiaceae
461 Teinostachyum wightii Bedd. Poaceae
462 Tephrosia wynaadensis Drum. in Gamble Fabaceae
463 Theriophonum sivaganganum (Ramam. & Sebastine) Bogner Araceae
464 Thottea barberi (Gamble) Ding Hou Aristolochiaceae
465 Toxocarpus beddomei Gamble Asclepiadaceae
466 Toxocarpus palghatensis Gamble Asclepiadaceae
467 Tricholepis glaberrima DC. var. angustifolia (DC.) Chaudhary & Pandey Asteraceae
468 Trichosanthes anamalaiensis Bedd. Cucurbitaceae
469 Typhonium bulbiferum Dalz. Araceae
470 Utleria salicifolia Bedd. ex Hook. f. Periplocaceae
471 Valeriana hookeriana Wight & Arn. Valerianaceae
472 Vanasushava pedata (Wight) Mukherjee & Const. Apiaceae
473 Vanilla wightiana Lindl. ex Hook. f. Orchidaceae
474 Vateria macrocarpa Gupta Dipterocarpaceae
475 Vatica chinensis L. Dipterocarpaceae
476 Vepris bilocularis (Wight & Arn.) Engl. in Engl. & Prantl Rutaceae
477 Vernonia anaimudica Shetty & Vivek. Asteraceae
478 Vernonia anamallica Bedd. ex Gamble Asteraceae
479 Vernonia beddomei Hook. f. Asteraceae
480 Vernonia bourdillonii Gamble Asteraceae
481 Vernonia fisonii Calder Asteraceae
482 Vernonia gossypina Gamble Asteraceae
483 Vernonia heynei Bedd. ex Gamble Asteraceae
484 Vernonia malabarica Hook. f. Asteraceae
485 Vernonia multibracteata Gamble Asteraceae
486 Vernonia peninsularis (Clarke) Clarke ex Hook.f var. peninsularis Asteraceae
487 Vernonia rauii Umiyal Asteraceae
488 Vernonia saligna DC. var. nilghirensis Hook.f. Asteraceae
489 Vernonia salvifolia Wight Asteraceae
490 Willisia selaginoides (Bedd.)Warming exWillis Podostemaceae
491Xylosma latifolia Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook. f., synonym of Flacourtia latifolia Salicaceae
492 Youngia nilgiriensis Babcock Asteraceae
493 Zehneria maysorensis Wight & Arn. Cucurbitaceae
494 Acorus calamus L. Araceae
495 Adenia hondala (Gaertn.) W. J. de Wilde Passifloraceae
496 Amorphophallus commutatus (Schott) Engl. Araceae
497 Ampelocissus araneosa (Dalz. & Gibson) Lawson Vitaceae
498 Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) Parker Meliaceae
499 Aristolochia tagala Cham. Aristolochiaceae
500 Artocarpus hirsutus Lam. Moraceae
501 Baliospermum solanifolium (Burm.) Suresh, syn. Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Mull. Arg. Euphorbiaceae
502 Calophyllum apetalum Willd. Clusiaceae
503 Canarium strictum Roxb. Burseraceae
504 Celastrus paniculatus Willd. Celastraceae
505 Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston Apocynaceae
506 Cinnamomum macrocarpum Hook. f. Lauraceae
507 Cinnamomum sulphuratum Nees Lauraceae
508 Cinnamomum wightii Meisn. Lauraceae
509 Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Coleb. Menispermaceae
510 Curcuma pseudomontana Graham Zingiberaceae
511 Cycas circinalis L. Cycadaceae
512 Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn. Periplocaceae
513 Diospyros candolleana Wight Ebenaceae
514 Diospyros paniculata Dalz. Ebenaceae
515 Dipterocarpus indicus Bedd. Dipterocarpaceae
516 Drosera indica L. Droseraceae
517 Drosera peltata J. E. Sm. ex Willd. Droseraceae
518 Dysoxylum malabaricum Bedd. ex Hiern Meliaceae
519 Embelia ribes Burm. f. Primulaceae
520 Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) DC. Primulaceae
521 Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Robson Clusiaceae
522 Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy Clusiaceae
523 Garcinia morella (Gaertn.) Desr. Clusiaceae
524 Gardenia gummifera L.f. Rubiaceae
525 Gloriosa superba L. Colchicaceae
526 Hedychium coronarium Koenig Zingiberaceae
527 Heliotropium keralense Sivar. & Manilal Boraginaceae
528 Helminthostachys zeylanica (L.) Hook. Ophioglossaceae
529 Heracleum candolleanum (Wight & Arn.) Gamble Apiaceae
530 Holostemma ada-kodien Schult. Asclepiadaceae
531 Humboldtia vahliana Wight Caesalpiniaceae
532 Hydnocarpus alpina Wight Flacourtiaceae
533 Hydnocarpus pentandra (Buch. -Ham.) Oken Flacourtiaceae
534 Janakia arayalpathra Joseph & Chandrasekharan Periplocaceae
535 Knema attenuata (Wall. ex Hook. f. & Thoms.) Warb. Myristicaceae
536 Madhuca neriifolia (Moon) H. J. Lam Sapotaceae
537 Michelia champaca L. Magnoliaceae
538 Michelia nilagirica Zenk. Magnoliaceae
539 Myristica dactyloides Gaertn. Myristicaceae
540 Nervilia aragoana Gaud. Orchidaceae
541 Nilgirianthus ciliatus (Nees) Bremek. Acanthaceae
542 Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb. Icacinaceae
543 Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva manso Convolvulaceae
544 Oroxylum indicum (L.) Benth. ex Kurzപലകപയ്യാനി,വെള്ളപ്പാതിരി Bignoniaceae
545 Persea macrantha (Nees) Kosterm. Lauraceae
546 Piper longum L. Piperaceae
547 Piper mullesua Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don Piperaceae
548 Piper nigrum L. Piperaceae
549 Plectranthus nilgherricus Benth. Lamiaceae
550 Pseudarthria viscida (L.) Wight & Arn. Fabaceae
551 Pterocarpus santalinus L. f. Fabaceae
552 Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. Ex Willd.) DC. Fabaceae
553 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz Apocynaceae
554 Raphidophora pertusa (Roxb.) Schott Araceae
555 Salacia oblonga Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Hippocrateaceae
556 Shorea tumbuggaia Roxb. Dipterocarpaceae
557 Smilax zeylanica L. Smilacaceae
558 Swertia corymbosa (Griseb.) Wight ex C. B. Clarke Gentianaceae
559 Swertia lawii (Wight ex C. B. Clarke) Burkill Gentianaceae
560 Symplocos cochinchinensis (Lour.) S. Moore subsp. Laurina (Retz.) Noot. Symplocaceae
561 Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. Combretaceae
562 Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. Menispermaceae
563 Tragia bicolor Miq. Euphorbiaceae
564 Trichopus zeylanicus Gaertn. Subsp. travancoricus (Bedd.) Burkill Trichopodaceae
565 Valeriana leschenaultii DC. Valerianaceae
566 Vateria indica L. Dipterocarpaceae
567 Adhatoda beddomei C. B. Clarke Acanthaceae
568 Cinnamomum beddomei Gamble Lauraceae
569 Cleistanthus malabaricus Muell.-Arg. Euphorbiaceae
570 Diospyros humilis Bourd. Ebenaceae
571 Dysoxylum ficiforme (Wight) Gamble Meliaceae
572 Hopea parviflora Bedd. Dipterocarpaceae
573 Ixora agasthyamalayana Sivadasan & Mohanan Rubiaceae
574 Salacia lanceolata Wight Anacardiaceae
575 Symplocos macrophylla Wall ex A. DC.ssp. rosea (Bedd.) Nooteb. Symplocaceae
576 Symplocos pendula Wight Symplocaceae
577 Woodfordia fruticosa (L). Kurz. Lythraceae
578 Acranthera anamallica Bedd. Rubiaceae
579 Psychotria anamalayana Bedd. Rubiaceae
580 Sauropus saksenianeus Manilal et al. Euphorbiaceae
581 Schizostachyum beddomei Fischer Poaceae
582 Litsea quinqueflora (Dennst.) Suresh ( L.lingustrina(Nees) Hook.f.) Lauraceae
583 Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii (Gamble) Naithani Poaceae
584 Psychotria keralensis Deb &Gangop. Rubiaceae
585 Shorea roxburghii G.Don Dipterocarpaceae
586 Cissampelos pareira Linn. Menispermaceae
587 Curcuma Zeodaria Rosc. Zingiberaceae
588 Pavetta Wightii Hook.f. Rubiaceae
589 Goniothalamus wightii Hook.f.& Thoms. Annonaceae

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