Applied Biology and Biotechnology

 ISSN:  2320 –7825  (Print); eISSN   2320 –7833  (Online)

 Volume No. 6(4)                              December,2018

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Current status and in - situ Conservation of Pteris species of Eastern and Western Ghats regions of Tamil Nadu

Muthiah MARIDASS and Ganapathy RAJU

Department of Zoology, Pioneer Kumaraswamy College, (Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University), Nagercoil,Tamil nadu-629003, India.

Corresponding Author Email maridassugcpdf@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

The aim of the present work was reexamined in the Pteris species of Southern Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats. During the study period, Pteris species were observed by different locality of Southern Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats. A total of 19 species were identified and most of the species were examined in the KMTR regions of Southern Western Ghats, Tirunelveli District. Two endangered species of Pteris tripartita SW. and Pteris wallichiana J. Agardh were observed by Alagar Kovil hills, Madurai.

Kewords: Pteridophytes, Pteris, Pteridiaceae, southern Western Ghats, in- situ conservation