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Smithia blanda
Uvaria zeylanica
Ceropegia spiralis
Senecio multiceps
Solanum pseudocapscicum
Spathoglottis plicata
Ipomoea staphylina
Syzygium gardneri
Merremia heterophylla
Anaphalis meeboldii
Syzygium zeylanicum
Mucuna bennettii
Senecio scandens
Cotoneaster buxifolia
Syzygium munroi
Syzygium malaccense
Strobilanthes wightiana
Helichrysum buddleioides
Holarrhena pubescens
Syzygium travancoricum
Poranopsis paniculata
Oberonia santapaui
Elaeocarpus grandiflorus
Secamone emetica
Ixora brachiata
Wrightia antidysenterica
Achetaria azurea
Syzygium densiflorum
Merremia umbellata
Boucerosia umbellata
Verbena tenera
Henckelia fischeri
Senna didymobotrya
Dendrobium nanum
Syzygium grande
Dendrophthoe falcata
Strobilanthes kunthiana
Diospyros vera
Ixora javana
Conchidium nanum
Syzygium cumini
Syzygium sasidharanii
Pothos boyceanus
Salacia chinensis
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Exacum wightianum
Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa
Sonerila devicolamensis
Leea guineensis
Strobilanthes zenkeriana
Syzygium claviflorum
Combretum indicum
Rhododendron arboreum subsp. nilagiricum
Radermachera xylocarpa
Senecio lavandulaefolius
Sarcostemma brunonianum
Loropetalum chinense
Hoya wightii
Ipomoea cairica
Vernonia bourneana
Gentiana quadrifaria var. zeylanica
Argyreia populifolia
Indigofera cassioides
Marsdenia raziana
Argyreia nervosa
Strombosia ceylanica
Vincetoxicum indicum
Vallaris solanacea
Guazuma ulmifolia
Pterocarpus marsupium
Asclepias physocarpa
Casearia bourdillonii
Syzygium aqueum
Ixora malabarica
Ixora notoniana
Polyalthia fragrans
Solanum laxum
Impatiens agastyamalayensis
Rhamphicarpa fistulosa
Sophora velutina
Aerides maculosa
Dendrobium barbatulum
Reinwardtia indica
Osbeckia gracilis
Oberonia swaminathanii

Situated along the southwest corner of India, the state of Kerala is in the tropical belt. The varied topographical features coupled with high rainfall favoured the formation of different habitats such as the montane temperate forests (Shola) and grassland to the lowland mangroves along the estuaries and sea coasts. Each vegetation type has its own species composition. A remarkable feature of the state is the formation of tropical rain forests along the windward side of the Western Ghats, known for the rich biodiversity. Though the area forms only 1.18 percent of the country, nearly one fourth of the flowering plants recorded are reported to occur in Kerala.

Recent studies on the flora of Districts, Protected areas, Taxonomic revision of Families as well as Genera described many new taxa. Every year new species as well as new record of occurrences are recorded from Kerala. Though APG system is adopted in modern plant systematic studies, the Bentham and Hooker’s system is still followed in general floristic studies as well as for the arrangements of specimens in Indian Herbaria. The E-flora of Kerala is an attempt to provide updated account of the flowering plants of Kerala.

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