List of endemic plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
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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
- Andrographis stellulata
- Leptacanthus amabilis
- Mackenziea homotropa
- Mackenziea violacea
- Nilgirianthus papillosus
- Nilgirianthus wighteanus
- Phlebophyllum lanatum
- Plecaulis sessilis
- Rhinacanthus nasutus var. montanus
- Thelepaepale bicolor
- Achyranthes aspera f. var. rubrofusca
- Arisaema auriculatum
- Arisaema pulchrum
- Arisaema transluscens
- Arisaema tuberculatum
- Arisaema tylophorum
- Anaphalis neelgeiryana
- Anaphalis notoniana
- Helichrysum wightii
- Senecio kundaicus
- Senecio lawsonii
- Senecio lessigianus
- Senecio polycephalus
- Vemonia saligina var nilghirensis
- Youngia nilgirriensis
- Impatiens clavicornus
- Impatiens debilis
- Impatiens denisonii
- Impatiens laticornis
- Impatiens levengei
- Impatiens munronii
- Impatiens neo-barnesii
- Impatiens nilagirica
- Impatiens orchioides
- Carex christii
- Carex pseudo-asperata
- Carex vicinalis
- Carex curvibracteatus
- Fimbristylis latiniglumifera
- Fimbristylis latinucifera
- Fimbristylis rectifolia
- Acacia hohenackeri
- Crotalaria bidei
- Crotalaria formosa
- Crotalaria obtecta
- Dalbergia gardneriana
- Tephrosia wynaadensis
- Anisochilus dysophylloides var purpureus
- Leucas pubescens
- Leucas rosmarinifolia
- Pogostemon nilagiricus
- Pogostemon paludosus
- Teucrium wightii
- Actinodaphne lanata*
- Actinodaphne lawsonii*
- Actinodaphne salicina*
- Litsea stocksii f. var. glabrescens
- Memecylon flavescens*
- Memecylon lawsonii
- Memecylon sisparense*
- Sonerila versicolor var. axillaris
- Sonerila wynaadensis
- Aerides elatoir
- Bulbophyllum acutiflorum
- Bulbophyllum aureum
- Bulbophyllum fusco-purpureum
- Bulbophyllum kaitiense
- Bulbophyllum nodosum
- Coelogyne odoratissima var. angustifolia
- Corymborkis veratifolia
- Eria nana
- Eria polystachya
- Habenaria cephalotes
- Habenaria denticulata
- Habenaria polyodon
- Liparis biloba
- Malaxis crenulata
- Spiranthes sinensis var. wightiana
- Thrixspermum muscaeflorum var nilagiricum
- Vanda wightii
- Andropogon longipes
- Andropogon polyptychus
- Arudinella purpurea
- Arudinella setosa var nilgiriana
- Brachiaria semiundulata
- Eriochrysis rangacharii
- Garnotia schmidii
- Isachne deccanensis
- Isachne nilagiricum
- Isachne oreades
- Ochlandra beddomei
- Ochlandra setigera
- Panicum fischeri
- Poa gamblei
- Hedyotis hirsutissima
- Lasianthus ciliatus
- Oldenlandia hirsutissima
- Oldenlandia sisparensis
- Ophiorrhiza brunois var brunois
- Ophiorrhiza pykarensis*
- Pavetta brunois
- Pavetta hohenhackeri
- Pavetta wightii
- Pouzolzia wightii f.var. nilghirensis
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