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The Sunderdhunga valley, Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand, is one of the areas located in the Western Himalayas and together with Eastern Himalaya which is one of the largest centres of endemism in India is among the 34 biodiversity hotspots of the world, and it encompasses a rich biodiversity of both flora and fauna. It is situated in the higher reaches of Kumaon Himalayas and it is a part of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, which is one of the World Heritage Sites, famous for its pristine and exceptional beautiful landscape. The floral wealth of the valley comprises 705 species under 434 genera and belongs to 99 families of Angiosperms, Gymnosperms represented with 7 species under 5 genera belonging to 4 families and Pteridophytes represented by 47 species under 28 genera belonging to 16 families. Also information on ethno-medicinal plants of the valley, comprising 83 species of Angiosperms, of which 10 species are critically endangered, 13 endangered, 9 vulnerable and 7 Least Concern, are provided here.

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The authors are thankful to the Director, Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata, Head of Office (HoO), BSI, Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun, and HoO, BSI, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore, for providing the facilities to carry out the said project.

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    R. Manikandan, S. P. Nithya & R. Mehala Devi

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Manikandan, R., Nithya, S.P., Devi, R.M. (2023). Checklist Flora of Sunderdhunga Valley, Western Himalaya, with Emphasis on Ethno-Medicinal Plants. In: Arunachalam, K., Yang, X., Puthanpura Sasidharan, S. (eds) Bioprospecting of Tropical Medicinal Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28780-0_6

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