Book ID: 117605
Mao, A. A. a. oth.
Compendium of phytodiversity of Ramsar sites in India. 2 volumes. 2024. illus. (col.). XXII, 1535 p. 4to. Hardcover.
In India, 75 wetlands are designated as Ramsar Sites being from various phytogeographic regions from the high altitude Himalayan Mountains to the Gangetic Plains and Peninsular India. The compendium contains the result of rapid floristic assessment conducted by Botanical Survey of India in these 75 Ramsar Sites. 4126 plants speies were documented with more than 3226 taxa of flowering plants alone.Photographs of important species are included. The enormous plant diversity also includes many economically and medicinal important species along with some threatened and endemic species.