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H. Santapau

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H. Santapau , M. B. Raizada

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The Gir forest, more popularly known as the only remaining home of the Asiatic lion in India, has an area of about 500 square miles. The authors who are concerned with the Gir forest vegetation, studied it in the month of October, when it is rich in herbaceous plants and tall grasses. Teak is the main forest tree which, however, except in specially managed areas consists of crooked trees as a result of maltreatment. Terminalia crenulata is next in importance and then come Wrightia tinctoria, Dalbergia latifolia and Sterculia urens, whereas the gregarious Acacia arabica and Zizyphus nummularia constitute the thorny scrub. Grouped near the villages are the Tamarind, the banyan, Bassia and ornamental trees such as Delonix regia and Erythrina suberosa. Near the Hiran River Saccharum spontaneum is conspicuous. The buffalo population of the Gir is far too much for the available grazing and various regulations have been made to control the numbers. The local shepherds called Maldaris are however, a dwindling race due to incidence of diseases and high degree of sterility. Apparently the people best suited for the conditions are some Negroes who came to India a long time ago Much attention has recently been given by the forest department to conservation of water by means of small dams, over 5,000 in number, and to planting of useful kinds of trees. New plantations of teak, Salmalia malabarica and Terminalias are coming up. Such measures together with control on buffalo population should bring about a good forest growth in the Gir. Appended to the paper is a list of over 400 plant species collected in the area. It is arranged according to the system followed in the Flora of British India and similar works, with the names brought up-to-date as far as possible according to rules of botanical nomenclature. No attempt has been made to give descriptions as these are easily available in standard floras.

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H. Santapau , S. K. Jain

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H. Santapau

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The national parks are areas strictly reserved for the protection of the wild fauna and flora of the region. In India we have given Some protection to the fauna, but much remains to be done in respect of protection to the flora for the sake of fauna. Suggestions are here enumerated for making the national parks living, representative, show places for the indigenous flora of India.

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H. Santapau ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, IN

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This paper deals with a few complicated cases of nomenclature affecting some common Indian plants. As far as possible the grounds for any change in the names of plants are given in full.

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H. Santapau ¹, Y. Merchant ²

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1 Botanical Survey of India, IN
2 St. Xavier's College, Bombay, IN

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This is a revision of the family Rubiaceae for Bombay State, and gives the more important changes to be introduced in published floras; Anotis calycina is reported as a new record; the genus Oldenlandia is split into, among others, Oldenlandia proper and Exallage: new combinations made are Canthium dicoccum vat. umbellatum, Kohautia nagporensis, and Tarenna asiatica. The genus Pavetta is discussed and P. concanica and P. crassicaulis added to the flora of Bombay.

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H. Santapau ¹, S. K. Wagh ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, IN

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The nomenclature of a large number of Indian plants is adjusted in conformity with the Rules of Nomenclature. Some of the changes refer to changes in attribution, which have been necessitated by the strict application of Art. No. 33 of the Code, Edition 1961. Several new combinations we proposed in this paper.

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H. Santapau ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, IN

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The identity of Clematis hedysarifolia DC. and Cl. naravelioides O. Kuntze is discussed, and an attempt is made to show how the confusion between these two plants originated.

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H. Santapau ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, IN

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The following is an account of development of Plant Taxonomy and Floristics in India after 1947. Taxonomy has been regarded as a sort of second rate botany, and in consequence has not attracted students ; there have been, however, a number of distinguished scholars and schools that have continued the work on Taxonomy in spite of the general discouragement.

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, IN

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H. Santapau ¹, K. P. Janardhanan ²

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1 St. Xavier's College, Bombay, IN
2 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, IN

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