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  2. List of endemic plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

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    Of the 3,300 species of flowering plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in southern India, 132 are endemic. The reserve encompasses portions of the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. They are listed by plant family. Plants with an asterisk* are listed in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ...

  3. Eucalyptus - Wikipedia

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    The older trees didn't split or warp as the infant California crop did. There was a vast difference between the two, and this would doom the California Eucalyptus industry. [77] The Howard-Ralston Eucalyptus Tree Rows, planted in Burlingame, California, in the 1870s, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  4. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve harbours more than 3,700 plant species, including about 200 medicinal plants; the 132 endemic flowering plants are contained in the list of endemic plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. [6] Stunted evergreen trees grow in shola forest patches above 1,800 m (5,900 ft) and are festooned with epiphytes. [8]

  5. Berberis aristata - Wikipedia

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    Berberis aristata, also known as Indian barberry, Mara manjal (மரமஞ்சள்), chutro, sumba, or tree turmeric, is a shrub belonging to the family Berberidaceae and the genus Berberis. B. aristata is native to the Himalayas in India and in Nepal. [1] [2] It is also naturally found in the Nilgiri Mountains of southern India and in Sri ...

  6. Magnolia nilagirica - Wikipedia

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    Magnolia nilagirica is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is a tree that is threatened by habitat loss, endemic to the Western Ghats of India (including Agastya Mala, the Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, the Anaimalai and Palni Hills, the Nilgiri mountains, and Baba Budangiri), [2] and also Sri Lanka. [1]

  7. Strobilanthes kunthiana - Wikipedia

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    The name Neelakurinji originates from the Tamil Language neela (blue) + kurinji (flower). [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] Of all long interval bloomers (or plietesials ) Strobilanthes kunthiana is the most rigorously demonstrated, with documented bloomings in 1838, 1850, 1862, 1874, 1886, 1898, 1910, 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, [ 3 ] 1982 ...

  8. Eucalyptus globulus - Wikipedia

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    Eucalyptus globulus is a tree that typically grows to a height of 45 m (148 ft) but may sometimes only be a stunted shrub, or alternatively under ideal conditions can grow as tall as 90–100 m (300–330 ft), and forms a lignotuber. The bark is usually smooth, white to cream-coloured but there are sometimes slabs of persistent, unshed bark at ...

  9. Ilex gardneriana - Wikipedia

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    Search. Search. Appearance. Donate; ... Ilex gardneriana is a critically endangered species of plant in the family Aquifoliaceae. It is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills ...