Category: New books on Indian Flora- Details

    Final Flowers of Sahyadri : 21 posts by 14 authors. Attachments (1). Good news to enthusiasts of Sahyadri flora. Shrikant (Ingalhalikar) ji’s third and last field guide in the series, aptly named as ‘Final Flowers of Sahyadri’ will be released on 21 March 2014 – a day auspicious to people of our kind […]

Indian Pandanaceae: an overview : Nadaf A B & Zanan R L (2012), Springer, 163 pp, Germany (ISBN 978-81-322-0752-8): Indian screw pine family Pandanaceae represents three genera, in which genus Pandanus and Benstonea are distributed in two hotspots in India – the Western Ghats and the Northeast Himalayan region. For the first time, Indian Pandanaceae has […]

    A High Quality Flora on High Altitude Plants : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). I have recently procured a new flora published by Botanical Survey of India and authored by two quality taxonomists of India Dr P.K. Pusalkar and Dr D.K. Singh. After Oleg Polunin and Adam Stainton’s FLOWERS OF THE […]

    EUPHORBIACEAE FORTNIGHT: Indian Euphorbiaceae available as Flora of India Vol-23 : 11 posts by 9 authors. It is relevant to mention here in this fortnight of Euphorbiaceae that the complete account of Indian Euphorbiaceae is now available as Flora of India Vol-23 which includes Loranthaceae, Viscaceae, Santalaceae, Balanophoraceae, Buxaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Daphniphyllaceae. It is […]

    Fwd: Your Article on Euphorbiaceae revision in India : 2 posts by 2 authors. Flora of India Volume 23 is published by Botanical Survey of India. It contains treatments of families Loranthaceae to Daphniphyllaceae. Family Euphorbiaceae is there. Being a Govt. publication, the price of the book is only INR 712/- and students […]

    Just Published: Know Your Fruits and Vegetables: Cucurbits : 11 posts by 10 authors. I am planning a series of small books “Know Your Fruits and Vegetables” The first part covering Cucurbits has just been published through Power Publishers. This full colour 122 pages book has about 265 photographs mostly taken by me […]

    Fwd: ‘Flora of Tumkur District, Karnataka’ by Dr. V.Bhaskar & C.G. Kushalappa is just published : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. Greetings and thanks for all your encouragement.  The ‘Flora of Tumkur District, Karnataka’, authored by me and C.G. Kushalappa is just published.  The cover pages, brochure and Order form are […]

    Flowering Plants of Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore : 3 posts by 3 authors. I studied in IISC more than 25 years back, but gives immense pleasure to walk along the trees now, which I didn’t appreciate at that time. Constructions have definitely taken a toll on the campus, but still has a […]

    Fwd: Flora and Ethnobotany of West Dinajpur District, West Bengal (India)” [1 Attachment] : 1 post by 1 author. 09.09.2013 Dear Friends and Juniors and Seniors, This is to inform you that I have published a book with my student Dr. Sunit Mitra entitled “Flora and Ethnobotany of West Dinajpur District, West Bengal […]

    Fwd: ‘Flora of Tumkur District, Karnataka’ by Dr. V.Bhaskar & C.G. Kushalappa is just published: Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. Please go through the attachments to get an overview of the book and the pricing (in Brochure & Order Form). Those interested in buying the book may contact Dr Bhaskar at […]

    Orchids of Wayanad : FB sharing : 1 post by 1 author. Sharing FB post, contributed by one member from KERALA

    WEST KAMENG ERICACEAE BOOK BY PANDA PBULISHED BY LAP-LAMBERT, GERMANY : Attachments (1).   7 posts by 7 authors. Pl. go through my Book “West Kameng Ericaceae…..”published by Lap-Lambert, Germany, based on my 10 years research work on West Kameng Ericaceae. Besides, You can open Google and write :West Kameng Ericaceae Book” and […]

    Invitation to Book Launch of Our Green Saviours : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. You are all invited to the Book Launch of my fifth book belonging to the series ‘Nature’s Delights for Young Readers’ titled “Our Green Saviours” on Saturday 29th June at 5.30 pm at Granth Book Store.  As […]

    Book: Common dryland trees of Karnataka : 2 posts by 1 author. Common dryland trees of Karnataka, 2012 by A. Kavitha, N. Deepthi, R. Ganesan, S. C. Gladwin Joseph   Publication details: First Published in 2012 by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and The Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur PO, Bangalore-560064, Karnataka, India. The […]

    New book about Taiwanese pteridophytes has relevance for Indian fern scientists :   In an article in the Indian Fern Journal Vol. 29 (Knapp, R. 2012. Affinities of Indian and Taiwanese pteridofloras. Indian Fern J. 29: 202-237) I demonstrated that there is a considerable overlapping of fern floras for Taiwan and India: a 47% of […]

    Flowering Plants of the Western Ghats : 4 posts by 4 authors. Have just received my copies of ‘Flowering Plants of the Western Ghats’ by T.S.Nayar, M. Sibi & A. Rasiya Beegam. It is in 2 volumes. The price is Rs.2632 [inclusive of postage]. For those intending to buy them, please be warned […]

    Heritage Trees, in and around Bangalore – Book by Vijay Thiruvady: I haven’t seen it, just FYI. http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/3830-photo-book-on-bengalurus-heritage-trees-?s=rss Thanks … for sharing the information. Your interest in trees being a non-botanist is great. Your efforts are laudable in bringing out the tree treasure of Bangalore.        

    Economic importance of trees – Ebook: Economic importance of trees “Economic Importance of Trees is now available as an E-book. Download your free copy today. If you purchase a copy, you become eligible to receive updates for life. “ http://greencleanguide.com/economic-importance-of-trees/ -Admin, greencleanguide.

    ‘Wild Orchids of Northern-Western Ghats’ book: ‘Wild Orchids of Northern-Western Ghats’ by Dr Satish Pande, Niranjan Sant, Vivek Vishwasrao, Mandar Datar. Published by Ela Foundation. Any reviews please? Something is better than nothing. Good for people who are not looking for taxonomic and scientific details. Only pictures are good…. no use if you […]

    Your Interest in Aquatic Plants: Mr Ghosh is the author of this book, so he is speaking from experience…. and searching I found this following about the book and the author at vanguard books site: I quote: About this book ILLUSTRATED AQUATIC AND WETLAND PLANTS IN HARMONY WITH MANKIND by SUBIR K. GHOSH […]