Volume 25, Issue 75, January - June, 2024

An annotated checklist of endemic plants from Haveri District, Karnataka

Ningaraj S Makanur^♦, Kotresha K

Taxonomy and Floristic Laboratory, Department of UG, PG and Research in Botany, Karnatak University’s, Karnatak Science College, Dharwad- 580001, Karnataka, India

^♦Corresponding author
Taxonomy and Floristic Laboratory, Department of UG, PG and Research in Botany, Karnatak University’s, Karnatak Science College, Dharwad- 580001, Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT

The Haveri district is a gateway for the northern districts of Karnataka. The present documentation reveals a total of 46 endemic taxa belonging to 24 families, were enlisted along with their botanical name, family, habit, phenology, and IUCN status. Distributional analysis showed that Western Ghats (WG) elements were dominant (40%) with 18 taxa, followed by, Indian endemics (16), Southern India (6) and Peninsular India (3) and 3 taxa narrowly endemic to Karnataka. The family Acanthaceae harbours the maximum (6) endemic taxa. Critically Endangered (CR) species Ceropegia bhatii S.R.Yadav & Shendage, find its extended distributional record next to its type locality. Hence the forests of the districts need special attention for conservation.

Keywords: Endemic flora; Threatened plants; Extended distribution, Conservation, Diversity, Karnataka

Species, 2024, 25(75), e21s1659

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e21s1659

Published: 09 May 2024