Angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

We provide a check list of angiosperm climbing plant species, along with their climbing modes, enumerated from a total of one hundred and fifty grids in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, peninsular India. The Eastern Ghats constitute an important biodiversity area in India and have been st...

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Main Authors: Chellam Muthumperumal, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2009-02-01
Series:Check List
Online Access:https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/17830/download/pdf/
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spelling doaj-43b93c4a03784e98a473d03ce192461f2021-05-21T15:22:05ZengPensoft PublishersCheck List1809-127X2009-02-01519211110.15560/5.1.9217830Angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, IndiaChellam MuthumperumalNarayanaswamy ParthasarathyWe provide a check list of angiosperm climbing plant species, along with their climbing modes, enumerated from a total of one hundred and fifty grids in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, peninsular India. The Eastern Ghats constitute an important biodiversity area in India and have been studied earlier mainly for the floristics, and that too confined to a few prioritized sites. Lianas, the woody vines contribute substantially to the diversity and structure of most tropical forests. Yet, little is known about the importance of habitat specialization in maintaining tropical liana diversity. A genera and 40 families are included in this enumeration.https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/17830/download/pdf/
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author Chellam Muthumperumal
Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy
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Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy
Angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
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Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy
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title Angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_short Angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_full Angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_fullStr Angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_full_unstemmed Angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_sort angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern eastern ghats, tamil nadu, india
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publishDate 2009-02-01
description We provide a check list of angiosperm climbing plant species, along with their climbing modes, enumerated from a total of one hundred and fifty grids in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, peninsular India. The Eastern Ghats constitute an important biodiversity area in India and have been studied earlier mainly for the floristics, and that too confined to a few prioritized sites. Lianas, the woody vines contribute substantially to the diversity and structure of most tropical forests. Yet, little is known about the importance of habitat specialization in maintaining tropical liana diversity. A genera and 40 families are included in this enumeration.
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