
1,049 new species of flowering plants added to State’s flora
The Hindu
Care Earth Trust publishes book documenting flowering plants
At least 1,049 new species of flowering plants have been added to the State’s flora in the past three decades. Flowering Plants of Tamil Nadu, A Compendium, a book published by the Care Earth Trust, a Chennai-based biodiversity research organisation, has comprehensive details of the flowering plants distributed across Tamil Nadu. At present, there are nearly 6,723 species of flowering plants, including wild and cultivated or invasive species, found in the State. The 1,400-page book with rich illustrations took three years of research and data collation for taxonomist D. Narasimhan and his co-author Sheeba J. Irwin.More Related News

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