List of endemic plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Of the 3,300 species of flowering plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in southern India, 132 are endemic. The reserve encompasses portions of the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. They are listed by plant family. Plants with an asterisk* are listed in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Plants with a dagger (†) are presumed extinct.[1]
Acanthaceae
- Andrographis lobelioides
- A. stellulata
- Leptacanthus amabilis
- Mackenziea homotropa
- M. violacea
- Nilgirianthus papillosus
- N. wighteanus
- Phlebophyllum lanatum
- Plecaulis sessilis
- Rhinacanthus nasutus var. montanus
- Thelepaepale bicolor
- Viburnum hebanthum
- Achyranthes aspera f. var. rubrofusca
- Bunium nothum*
- Baeolepis nervosa
- Arisaema auriculatum
- A. pulchrum
- A. transluscens
- A. tuberculatum
- A. tylophorum
- Calamus gamblei var sphaerocarpa
- Brachystelma maculatum
- Caralluma nilagiriana
- Anaphalis neelgeiryana
- A. notoniana
- Helichrysum wightii
- Senecio kundaicus
- S. lawsonii
- S. lessigianus
- S. polycephalus
- Vemonia saligina var nilghirensis
- Youngia nilgirriensis
- Impatiens clavicornus
- I. debilis
- I. denisonii
- I. laticornis
- I. levengei
- I. munronii
- I. neo-barnesii
- I. nilagirica
- I. orchioides
- Microtropis densiflora*
- Atuna indica*
- Commelina tricolor
- Argyreia coonoorensis
- Carex christii
- C. pseudo-asperata
- C. vicinalis
- C. curvibracteatus
- Fimbristylis latiniglumifera
- F. latinucifera
- F. rectifolia
- Eriocaulon christopheri
- E. gamblei
- E. pectinatum*
- E. robustum*
- Dalechampia velutina
- Glochidion sisparense
- Mallotus subramanyamii
- Reidia timbriata
- Acacia hohenackeri
- Crotalaria bidei
- C. formosa
- C. obtecta
- Dalbergia gardneriana
- Tephrosia wynaadensis
- Swertia lawii
- Anisochilus dysophylloides var purpureus
- Leucas pubescens
- L. rosmarinifolia
- Pogostemon nilagiricus
- P. paludosus
- Teucrium wightii
- Actinodaphne lanata*
- Actinodaphne lawsonii*
- Actinodaphne salicina*
- Litsea stocksii f. var. glabrescens
- Dendrophthoe memecylifolia
- D. neelgherrensis var clarkei
- Loranthus recurvus
- Memecylon flavescens*
- M. lawsonii
- M. sisparense*
- Sonerila versicolor var. axillaris
- S. wynaadensis
- Eugenia argentea
- Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis*
- Syzygium malabaricum
- Aerides elatoir
- Bulbophyllum acutiflorum
- B. aureum
- B. fusco-purpureum
- B. kaitiense
- B. nodosum
- Coelogyne odoratissima var. angustifolia
- Corymborkis veratifolia
- Eria nana
- E. polystachya
- Habenaria cephalotes
- H. denticulata
- H. polyodon
- Liparis biloba
- Malaxis crenulata
- Spiranthes sinensis var. wightiana
- Thrixspermum muscaeflorum var nilagiricum
- Vanda wightii
- Biophytum polyphyllum
- Pittosporum viridulatum*
- Andropogon longipes
- A. polyptychus
- Arudinella purpurea
- A. setosa var nilgiriana
- Brachiaria semiundulata
- Eriochrysis rangacharii
- Garnotia schmidii
- Isachne deccanensis
- I. nilagiricum
- I. oreades
- Ochlandra beddomei
- O. setigera
- Panicum fischeri
- Poa gamblei
- Embelia gardneriana
- Maesa velutina*
- Clematis theobromina
- Hedyotis hirsutissima
- Lasianthus ciliatus
- Oldenlandia hirsutissima
- O. sisparensis
- Ophiorrhiza brunois var brunois
- O. pykarensis*
- Pavetta brunois
- P. hohenhackeri
- P. wightii
- Melicope indica*
- Isonandra perrottetiana
- Smilax wightii*
- Symplocos microphylla
- S. pulchra
- Bupleurum plantaginifolium
- Heracleum hookerianum
- Pouzolzia wightii f.var. nilghirensis
- Viscum orbiculatum
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