ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

ORIGIN OF THE LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS

GEOLOGY

ECOSYSTEM OF THE REEFS AND LAGOONS

GEOGRAPHY OF THE ISLANDS

MOST SIGNIFICANT ISLANDS

CLIMATE OF LAKSHADWEEP

SOIL

BIODIVERSITY

HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE FLORA OF LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS (From 1876 to 2011)

THREATS TO THE ISLAND AND IT’S BIODIVERSITY

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES

PLANTATION ACTIVITIES

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSERVATION

FLORA OF LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS

ANGIOSPERM DIVERSITY AND DOMINANCE PATTERNS

MOST DOMINANT FAMILIES

DOMINANT GENERA

USEFUL PLANTS

EDIBLE PLANTS

MEDICINAL PLANTS

FODDER PLANTS

TIMBER YIELDING PLANTS

FIBRE YIELDING PLANTS

PLANTS OF MINOR USES

KEY TO THE FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS

TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTIONS

01. ANNONACEAE

02. MENISPERMACEAE

03. PAPAVERACEAE

04. BRASSICACEAE

05. CAPPARACEAE

06. VIOLACEAE

07. BIXACEAE

08. FLACOURTIACEAE

09. POLYGALACEAE

10. CARYOPHYLLACEAE

11. PORTULACACEAE

12. CLUSIACEAE (GUTTIFERAE nom. alt.)

13. MALVACEAE

14. BOMBACACEAE

15. STERCULIACEAE

16. TILIACEAE

17. ELAEOCARPACEAE

18. MALPIGHIACEAE

19. ZYGOPHYLLACEAE

20. BALSAMINACEAE

21. AVERRHOACEAE

22. RUTACEAE

23. SURIANACEAE

24. MELIACEAE

25. CELASTRACEAE

26. RHAMNACEAE

27. VITACEAE

28. LEEACEAE

29. SAPINDACEAE

30. ANACARDIACEAE

31. MORINGACEAE

32. FABACEAE

Subfamily I: Caesalpinioideae

Subfamily II. Cercidoideae

Subfamily III. Papilionoideae

33. CRASSULACEAE

34. RHIZOPHORACEAE

35. COMBRETACEAE

36. MYRTACEAE

37. LECYTHIDACEAE

38. LYTHRACEAE

39. PUNICACEAE

40. ONAGRACEAE

41. PASSIFLORACEAE

42. CARICACEAE

43. CUCURBITACEAE

44. AIZOACEAE

45. MOLLUGINACEAE

46. APIACEAE

47. RUBIACEAE

48. ASTERACEAE

49. GOODENIACEAE

50. PLUMBAGINACEAE

51. SAPOTACEAE

52. OLEACEAE

53. APOCYNACEAE

54. ASCLEPIADACEAE

55. BORAGINACEAE

56. CONVOLVULACEAE

57. SOLANACEAE

58. SCROPHULARIACEAE

59. BIGNONIACEAE

60. PEDALIACEAE

61. ACANTHACEAE

62. VERBENACEAE

63. AVICENNIACEAE

64. LAMIACEAE

65. NYCTAGINACEAE

66. AMARANTHACEAE

67. POLYGONACEAE

68. ARISTOLOCHIACEAE

69. PIPERACEAE

70. LAURACEAE

71. HERNANDIACEAE

72. EUPHORBIACEAE

73. URTICACEAE

74. MORACEAE

75. CASUARINACEAE

76. HYDROCHARITACEAE

77. ZINGIBERACEAE

78. COSTACEAE

79. MUSACEAE

80. CANNACEAE

81. AMARYLLIDACEAE

82. AGAVACEAE

83. TACCACEAE

84. DIOSCOREACEAE

85. ARACEAE

86. ACORACEAE

87. COLCHICACEAE

88. ASPHODELACEAE

89. ALLIACEAE

90. ASPARAGACEAE

91. PONTEDERIACEAE

92. COMMELINACEAE

93. ARECACEAE

94. PANDANACEAE

95. CYMODOCEACEAE

96. CYPERACEAE

97. POACEAE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

ORIGIN OF THE LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS

GEOLOGY

ECOSYSTEM OF THE REEFS AND LAGOONS

GEOGRAPHY OF THE ISLANDS

MOST SIGNIFICANT ISLANDS

CLIMATE OF LAKSHADWEEP

SOIL

BIODIVERSITY

HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE FLORA OF LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS (From 1876 to 2011)

THREATS TO THE ISLAND AND IT’S BIODIVERSITY

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES

PLANTATION ACTIVITIES

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSERVATION

FLORA OF LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS

ANGIOSPERM DIVERSITY AND DOMINANCE PATTERNS

MOST DOMINANT FAMILIES

DOMINANT GENERA

USEFUL PLANTS

EDIBLE PLANTS

MEDICINAL PLANTS

FODDER PLANTS

TIMBER YIELDING PLANTS

FIBRE YIELDING PLANTS

PLANTS OF MINOR USES

KEY TO THE FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS

TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTIONS

01. ANNONACEAE

02. MENISPERMACEAE

03. PAPAVERACEAE

04. BRASSICACEAE

05. CAPPARACEAE

06. VIOLACEAE

07. BIXACEAE

08. FLACOURTIACEAE

09. POLYGALACEAE

10. CARYOPHYLLACEAE

11. PORTULACACEAE

12. CLUSIACEAE (GUTTIFERAE nom. alt.)

13. MALVACEAE

14. BOMBACACEAE

15. STERCULIACEAE

16. TILIACEAE

17. ELAEOCARPACEAE

18. MALPIGHIACEAE

19. ZYGOPHYLLACEAE

20. BALSAMINACEAE

21. AVERRHOACEAE

22. RUTACEAE

23. SURIANACEAE

24. MELIACEAE

25. CELASTRACEAE

26. RHAMNACEAE

27. VITACEAE

28. LEEACEAE

29. SAPINDACEAE

30. ANACARDIACEAE

31. MORINGACEAE

32. FABACEAE

Subfamily I: Caesalpinioideae

Subfamily II. Cercidoideae

Subfamily III. Papilionoideae

33. CRASSULACEAE

34. RHIZOPHORACEAE

35. COMBRETACEAE

36. MYRTACEAE

37. LECYTHIDACEAE

38. LYTHRACEAE

39. PUNICACEAE

40. ONAGRACEAE

41. PASSIFLORACEAE

42. CARICACEAE

43. CUCURBITACEAE

44. AIZOACEAE

45. MOLLUGINACEAE

46. APIACEAE

47. RUBIACEAE

48. ASTERACEAE

49. GOODENIACEAE

50. PLUMBAGINACEAE

51. SAPOTACEAE

52. OLEACEAE

53. APOCYNACEAE

54. ASCLEPIADACEAE

55. BORAGINACEAE

56. CONVOLVULACEAE

57. SOLANACEAE

58. SCROPHULARIACEAE

59. BIGNONIACEAE

60. PEDALIACEAE

61. ACANTHACEAE

62. VERBENACEAE

63. AVICENNIACEAE

64. LAMIACEAE

65. NYCTAGINACEAE

66. AMARANTHACEAE

67. POLYGONACEAE

68. ARISTOLOCHIACEAE

69. PIPERACEAE

70. LAURACEAE

71. HERNANDIACEAE

72. EUPHORBIACEAE

73. URTICACEAE

74. MORACEAE

75. CASUARINACEAE

76. HYDROCHARITACEAE

77. ZINGIBERACEAE

78. COSTACEAE

79. MUSACEAE

80. CANNACEAE

81. AMARYLLIDACEAE

82. AGAVACEAE

83. TACCACEAE

84. DIOSCOREACEAE

85. ARACEAE

86. ACORACEAE

87. COLCHICACEAE

88. ASPHODELACEAE

89. ALLIACEAE

90. ASPARAGACEAE

91. PONTEDERIACEAE

92. COMMELINACEAE

93. ARECACEAE

94. PANDANACEAE

95. CYMODOCEACEAE

96. CYPERACEAE

97. POACEAE

BIBLIOGRAPHY