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Floral Diversity of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

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The present study was carried out to document the diversity of lycopods, pteridophytes, angiosperm and gymnosperm taxa of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve and enlists the plant species from different forest habitats. During the floristic survey in different locations from August 2018 through December 2019, a total of 813 species were encountered which belong to 548 genera and 143 families. Of the 811 species, 72 species were endemic to this biosphere reserve. Of the recorded species, the family Fabaceae is found to be dominant with 53 species belonging to 39 genera. This signifies the rich species diversity in this reserve.

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The authors are thankful to the Director, Zoological Survey of India, for providing the facilities and constant support, and also to colleagues of ANRC/ZSI for their extended support during the field survey. We also acknowledge the officials of the Department of Environment and Forests and the Divisional Forest Officer, Nicobar Forests Division, for logistic support to carry out the survey work.

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Das, A.K., Sivaperuman, C. (2023). Floral Diversity of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Sivaperuman, C., Banerjee, D., Tripathy, B., Chandra, K. (eds) Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5158-9_2

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