biodiversity assessment in some selected hill forests of south orissa

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Discovery of Pancriatum parvum from Karlapat Pancratium parvum belong to family Amaryllidaceae is reported to grow in Western Ghats (Maharastra, Tamil Nadu, Kerla and Karnataka) and Noprthern India (Himalayas) in most deciduous and semi-evergreen forests. The smell of the bulb is inhaled to cure Epilepsy by Pawra tribe of Satpura Hills, Maharashtra, India. The recent discovery of this species from Karlapat wildlife sanctuary extends its distribution to Eastern Ghats of India. Healthy population of Radermanchera xylocarpa from Karlapat Radermachera xylocarpa (Padri Tree) is a large deciduous tree belong to family Bignoniaceae, growing up to 5-10 m tall. It is usually found in dry deciduous forests of Central India. It is a rare species in the Central Indian region with very thin and scattered population. A healthy population of almost 100 trees was encountered within Karlapat. This report has extended the range of this species to Orissa. As per the local inhabitants, the fruits of this species are consumed by the Samber inside the sanctuary. Discovery of Ophioglossum reticulatum from Krishnamali hills The genus Ophioglossum L. commonly known as Adder’s tongue or Snake tongue fern of eusporangiate belonging to family Ophioglossaceae. About 40 species under the genus Ophioglossum are known so far worldwide, but in India the genus is represented by 12 species. Ophioglossum reticulatum is reported to be distributed in Western Ghats, Southern India, Central India and Northern India. The discovery of this species from Krishnamali hills of Karlapat has extended its distribution to Eastern Ghats of India. The checklist of pteridophytes of southern Orissa is given in Appendix-1.1.
First report of Lichens from Orissa state The occurrence of Heterodermia diademata in Baphlimali, Niyamgiri and Mahendragiri is an indication of mixture of flora of Northern and Southern elements. The species was earlier reported from North-east and Western Ghats of India. Parmelia saxatilis and Parmelia sulcata, the two most common indicator species were observed during the survey shows the richness and diversity in Lichens of south Orissa. Healthy population and first report of Bryophytes from Orissa state Twenty three species of Bryophytes were collected during the survey belongs to 13 family and 17 genera from different forest types of south Orissa. Bryum argenteum, Funaria hygrometrica, Marchantia palmate, Phaeoceros laevis, Plagiochasma appendiculatum, Riccardia levierii were most common in their occurrence while, Targionia hypophylla, Asterella angusta and Riccia gangetica, Pallavicinea lyeli, Pellia epiphylla were observed in only near semi-evergreen forest patches of Khandualmali, Niyamgiri, Baphlimali, Mahendragiri and Deomali hills. Since there is no available literatures on Bryoflora of Eastern Ghats in general and Orissa in particular, all the Bryophytes reported during this study are treated as new distributional record of their corresponding occurrence to Orissa. The checklist of bryophytes and lichens of southern Orissa is given in Appendix-1.3 and 1.4.
Page 1 and 2: BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT IN SOME SEL
Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors are grat
Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTION: Biodiversity refers t
Page 7: important directly as food for huma
Page 10 and 11: • Data were also collected from t
Page 12 and 13: This type tends to be moist in West
Page 14 and 15: NIYAMGIRI (19º 26’ to 19º 43’
Page 16 and 17: eported earlier in flora of Madras.
Page 18 and 19: BAPHLIMALI (82° 57’ 54.65” E,
Page 20 and 21: GANJAM MAHENDRAGIRI (18°58'28"N 84
Page 22 and 23: KEY OBSERVATIONS/FINDINGS Discovery
Page 26 and 27: THREATS TO FLORAL DIVERSITY OF SOUT
Page 28 and 29: SCIENTIFIC NAME Panthera pardus Mel
Page 30 and 31: havens a very good population golde
Page 32 and 33: During the rapid biodiversity surve
Page 34 and 35: Discovery of Lycodon sp. from Ganja
Page 36 and 37: Discovery of Liopeltis calamaria fr
Page 38 and 39: • A new species of cat snake was
Page 40 and 41: Butterflies of South OrissaA total
Page 42 and 43: protection. The species like Impati
Page 44 and 45: In the predominantly tribal Koraput
Page 46 and 47: REFERENCES: Ali, S. and Ripley, S.D
Page 48 and 49: Saxena, H.O and Brahmam. M., 1994-1
Page 50 and 51: 91 Blechnum orientale L. Blechnacea
Page 52 and 53: 201 Dendrobium regium Prain Orchida
Page 54 and 55: 309 Grewia rothii DC. Tiliaceae Shr
Page 56 and 57: 417 Murdannia pauciflora Brueck. Co
Page 58 and 59: 525 Randia dumetorum Rubiaceae Shru
Page 60 and 61: 632 Vernonia cineria (L.) Less. Ast
Page 62 and 63: 5 Heterodermia diademata (Taylor) D
Page 64 and 65: APPENDIX 2.1: BUTTERFLIES Sl No. Sc
Page 66 and 67: Eublepharis hardwikii Hemidactylus
Page 68 and 69: 41 Little cormorant Phalacrocorax n

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