Wild Flowers of Karnataka

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This book provides identification of 509 species of flowering plants belonging to 345 genera and 105 families. The book has been prepared to help amateurs to identify some of the common wildflowers of Karnataka. A major part of the book is devoted to the identification of flower / flowering plants with the help of photographs. The gallery helps in identifying the flower that you have procured. All the flowers / flowering plants have been categorized based on their habits and habitat into Herbs, Shrubs, Trees, Twiners and climbers, Marshy and Aquatic Plants, Parasites, Saprophytes and Insectivorous plants and Epiphytes. Under each category, plants have been arranged alphabetically. After identifying the flowers in the gallery, corresponding page number on the photograph can be referred for details. Every flowering plant is provided with currently accepted botanical name as per The Plant List (/t is a working list of all known plant species. It is the combined effort of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden, enabled the creation of The Plant List by combining multiple checklist data sets held by these institutions and other collaborators. The Plant List provides the accepted Latin name for most species, with links to all Synonyms by which that species has been known) in bold letters, followed by the name of the person who first identified, named and classified the plant. Unresolved names are those to which it is not yet possible to assign a status of either Accepted or Synonyms. Synonyms of the plant are printed in Italics. The family name is in capital letters, refers to the accepted name of the family as per The Plant List. The family name in the parenthesis represents the family name in which the plant was included earlier. A brief etymology of botanical names is provided. Followed by common names, brief description of the plant, flowering season, habitat, distribution in India and Global level, medicinal uses and lastly the locality where the author photographed the plant. All the description given based on the actual observations in the field. The specimens collected in the field were identified referring districts and state floras of Karnataka including websites related to Indian plants. At the end of the book, a glossary of the terms used in the book, an Appendix, giving list of plants under respective families and an Index to botanical names and common names have been provided for easy reference. Seller Inventory # 138779A

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