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PLANTS of TAMIL NADU - a DATABASE ENVIRONMENT,Gotn No COURTESY:ENVIS,DEP ARTMENT OF PLANTS OF TAMIL NADU - A DATABASE ENVIRONMENT,GoTN No. FAMILY BINOMIAL HABIT 1 Ranunculaceae Anemone hupehensis Lemoine ex Boynton var. japonicaHerb 2 Ranunculaceae Anemone rivularis Buch.- Ham.ex DC. Herb 3 Ranunculaceae Aquilegia vulgaris L. Herb 4 Ranunculaceae Clematis gouriana Roxb. ex DC. Climbing Shrub 5 Ranunculaceae Clematis munroiana Wight Climbing Shrub 6 Ranunculaceae Clematis smilacifolia Wall. Climbing Shrub 7 Ranunculaceae Clematis theobromina Dunn Climbing Shrub 8 Ranunculaceae Clematis wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Woody Climber 9 Ranunculaceae Consolida ambigua (L.) P. W. Ball Herb 10 Ranunculaceae Delphinium elatum L. Herb 11 Ranunculaceae Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC. Climbing Shrub 12 Ranunculaceae Ranunculus diffusus DC. Herb 13 Ranunculaceae Ranunculus muricatus L. Herb 14 Ranunculaceae Ranunculus reniformis Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Erect Herb 15 Ranunculaceae Ranunculus wallichianus Wight & Arn. Prostrate Herb 16 Ranunculaceae Thalictrum foliolosum DC. Herb 17 Ranunculaceae Thalictrum javanicum Blume Herb 18 Ranunculaceae Thalictrum saniculaeforme DC. Erect Herb 19 Calycanthaceae Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link Shrub 20 Dilleniaceae Acrotrema arnottianum Wight Herb 21 Dilleniaceae Dillenia bracteata Wight Tree 22 Dilleniaceae Dillenia indica L. Tree 23 Dilleniaceae Dillenia pentagyna Roxb. Tree 24 Dilleniaceae Dillenia retusa Thunb. Tree 25 Dilleniaceae Dillenia suffruticosa (Griffith) Martelli Tree 26 Dilleniaceae Tetracera akara (Burm. f.) Merr. Climbing Shrub 27 Magnoliaceae Magnolia campbellii Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 28 Magnoliaceae Magnolia grandiflora L. Tree 29 Magnoliaceae Magnolia liliflora Desr. Shrub 30 Magnoliaceae Magnolia x alba DC. Tree 31 Magnoliaceae Michelia champaca L. Tree 32 Magnoliaceae Michelia nilagirica Zenk. Tree 33 Annonaceae Alphonsea lutea (Roxb.) Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 34 Annonaceae Alphonsea sclerocarpa Thw. Tree 35 Annonaceae Alphonsea zeylanica Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 36 Annonaceae Annona cherimola Mill. Tree 37 Annonaceae Annona muricata L. Tree 38 Annonaceae Annona reticulata L. Tree 39 Annonaceae Annona squamosa L. Tree 40 Annonaceae Artabotrys hexapetalus (L. f.) Bhandari Straggler 41 Annonaceae Artabotrys zeylanicus Hook. f. & Thoms. Woody Climber 42 Annonaceae Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 43 Annonaceae Cyathocalyx zeylanicus Champ. ex Hook. f. & Thoms.Tree 44 Annonaceae Desmos lawii (Hook. f. & Thoms.) Safford Shrub 45 Annonaceae Desmos viridiflorus (Bedd.) Safford Climber 46 Annonaceae Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalz.) Hook. f. & TreeThoms. 47 Annonaceae Goniothalamus rhynchantherus Dunn Tree 48 Annonaceae Goniothalamus salicina Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 49 Annonaceae Goniothalamus thwaitesii Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 50 Annonaceae Goniothalamus wightii Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 51 Annonaceae Goniothalamus wynadensis (Bedd.) Bedd. Erect Shrub 52 Annonaceae Meiogyne pannosa (Dalz.) Sinclair Tree 53 Annonaceae Meiogyne ramarowii (Dunn) Gandhi Tree 54 Annonaceae Miliusa eriocarpa Dunn Shrub 55 Annonaceae Miliusa montana Gard. ex Hook. f. & Thoms. Shrub 56 Annonaceae Miliusa nilagirica Bedd. Shrub 57 Annonaceae Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) Sinclair Tree 58 Annonaceae Miliusa wightiana Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 59 Annonaceae Mitrephora heyneana (Hook. f. & Thoms.) Thw. Tree 60 Annonaceae Orophea erythrocarpa Bedd. Tree 61 Annonaceae Orophea thomsonii Bedd. Tree 62 Annonaceae Orophea uniflora Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 63 Annonaceae Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd. Tree 64 Annonaceae Polyalthia coffeoides (Hook. f. & Thoms.) Benth.Tree & Hook. f. ex Hook. f. & Thoms. 65 Annonaceae Polyalthia fragrans (Diaz.) Bedd. Tree 66 Annonaceae Polyalthia korintii (Dunal) Thw. Spreading Shrub 67 Annonaceae Polyalthia longifolia (Sonner.) Thw. Tree 68 Annonaceae Polyalthia rufescens Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 69 Annonaceae Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thw. Tree 70 Annonaceae Polyalthia tirunelveliensis M. B. Viswan. & ManikandanTree 71 Annonaceae Popowia beddomeana Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree 72 Annonaceae Sageraea dalzellii Bedd. Tree 73 Annonaceae Uvaria macropoda Hook. f. & Thoms. Woody Climber 74 Annonaceae Uvaria narum (Dunnal) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Woody Climber 75 Annonaceae Uvaria zeylanica L. Woody Climber 76 Annonaceae Xylopia parvifolia (Wight) Hook. f. & Thoms. Tree Climbing Shrub or huge 77 Menispermaceae Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn. Liana 78 Menispermaceae Cissampelos pareira L. var. hirsuta (Buch.-Ham.Shrub ex DC.) Forman Straggling or Climbing 79 Menispermaceae Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels Shrub 80 Menispermaceae Cocculus laurifolius DC. Liana 81 Menispermaceae Cocculus pendulus (Forst.) Diels Woody Climber 82 Menispermaceae Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Coleb. Climbing Shrub 83 Menispermaceae Cyclea arnottii Miers Climbing Shrub 84 Menispermaceae Cyclea peltata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thoms. Climbing Shrub 85 Menispermaceae Diploclisia glaucescens (Blume) Diels Climber 86 Menispermaceae Pachygone ovata (Poir.) Miers ex Hook. f. & Thoms.Climbing Shrub 87 Menispermaceae Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers Climbing Shrub 88 Menispermaceae Stephania wightii (Arn.) Dunn Climbing Shrub 89 Menispermaceae Tiliacora acuminata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thoms. Climbing Shrub 90 Menispermaceae Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook. f. & ClimberThoms. 91 Menispermaceae Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. Climbing Shrub 92 Berberidaceae Berberis lycium Royle Herb 93 Berberidaceae Berberis nilghiriensis Ahrendt Erect Shrub 94 Berberidaceae Berberis tinctoria Lesch. Erect Shrub 95 Berberidaceae Berberis wightiana Schneid Erect Shrub 96 Berberidaceae Mahonia leschenaultii (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) TakedaErect Shrub 97 Nelumbonaceae Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. Erect Herb 98 Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. Herb 99 Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Herb 100 Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Salisb. Herb 101 Papaveraceae Argemone mexicana L. Herb 102 Papaveraceae Eschscholzia californica Cham. Erect or diffuse Herb 103 Papaveraceae Mecanopsis wallichii Hook. Herb 104 Papaveraceae Papaver caucasicum Bait. Herb 105 Papaveraceae Papaver fugax Poir. Herb 106 Papaveraceae Papaver rhoeas L. Herb 107 Papaveraceae Papaver somniferum L. Herb 108 Papaveraceae Romneya coulteri Harv. Erect Herb 109 Fumariaceae Corydalis lutea (L.) DC. Herb 110 Fumariaceae Dicentra scandens (D. Don.) Walp. Herb 111 Fumariaceae Fumaria indica ( Hassk.) Pugsley Herb 112 Fumariaceae Fumaria officinalis L. Herb 113 Brassicaceae Barbarea intermedia Boreau Herb 114 Brassicaceae Barbarea verna (Miller) Asch. Branching Herb 115 Brassicaceae Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. Erect Herb 116 Brassicaceae Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss. Erect Herb 117 Brassicaceae Brassica nigra (L.) Koch Herb 118 Brassicaceae Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L. Herb 119 Brassicaceae Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L. Herb 120 Brassicaceae Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera Zenk. Herb 121 Brassicaceae Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes L. Herb 122 Brassicaceae Brassica rapa L. Herb 123 Brassicaceae Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medicus Herb 124 Brassicaceae Cardamine africana L. Herb 125 Brassicaceae Cardamine hirsuta L. Herb 126 Brassicaceae Cardamine trichocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. Herb 127 Brassicaceae Cheiranthus cheiri L. Herb 128 Brassicaceae Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm. Prostrate Herb 129 Brassicaceae Iberis amara L. Erect Herb 130 Brassicaceae Iberis umbellata L. Herb 131 Brassicaceae Lepidium ruderale L. Herb 132 Brassicaceae Lepidium sativum L. Herb 133 Brassicaceae Lepidium virginicum L. Herb 134 Brassicaceae Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. Herb 135 Brassicaceae Matthiola incana (L.) R. Br. Herb 136 Brassicaceae Raphanus sativus L. Herb 137 Brassicaceae Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern Erect Herb 138 Brassicaceae Rorippa nasturtium - aquaticum (L.) Hayek Aquatic Herb 139 Brassicaceae Sisymbrium volgense Ledeb. ex Shmal. Herb 140 Brassicaceae Thlaspi arvense L. Herb 141 Capparidaceae Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce Straggling Shrub 142 Capparidaceae Cadaba trifoliata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Shrub Dense Shrub or Slender 143 Capparidaceae Capparis brevispina DC. Tree Low Shrubs to Small 144 Capparidaceae Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew Trees 145 Capparidaceae Capparis divaricata Lam. Shrub or Small Tree 146 Capparidaceae Capparis diversifolia Wight & Arn. Shrub 147 Capparidaceae Capparis fusifera Dunn Shrub 148 Capparidaceae Capparis grandiflora Wall ex. Hook.f. & Thoms. Shrub 149 Capparidaceae Capparis grandis L. Small Tree 150 Capparidaceae Capparis kollimalayana Viswanathan Woody Climber 151 Capparidaceae Capparis moonii Wight Woody Climber 152 Capparidaceae Capparis nilgiriensis Subbha Rao, Kumari & Chandr.Shrubs 153 Capparidaceae Capparis rheedii DC. Shrub 154 Capparidaceae Capparis rotundifolia Rottl. Shrub 155 Capparidaceae Capparis roxburghii DC. Woody Climber 156 Capparidaceae Capparis sepiaria L. Shrub 157 Capparidaceae Capparis shevaroyensis Sundararaghavan Shrub 158 Capparidaceae Capparis spinosa L. Prostrate Shrub 159 Capparidaceae Capparis zeylanica L. Climbing Shrub 160 Capparidaceae Cleome angustifolia Forsk Herb 161 Capparidaceae Cleome aspera Koen ex. DC. Herb 162 Capparidaceae Cleome burmannii Wight & Arn. Herb 163 Capparidaceae Cleome chelidonii L. Erect Herb 164 Capparidaceae Cleome felina L. Erect Herb 165 Capparidaceae Cleome hassleriana Chod. Herb 166 Capparidaceae Cleome monophylla L. Herb 167 Capparidaceae Cleome rutidosperma DC. Herb 168 Capparidaceae Cleome speciosa Raf. Herb 169 Capparidaceae Cleome viscosa L. Herb 170 Capparidaceae Crateva adansonii DC. subsp. odora (Buch. - Ham.)Small Jacobs
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