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The book “Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim” provides the detailed floristic account of 11 species of gymnosperms and 1467 species of angiosperms. Gymnosperms consist of nine genera belonging to five families, whereas Angiosperms are with 604 genera (monocot: 123; dicot: 481)spread over 138 families (monocot: 23; dicot: 115). Key to the genus and species based on easily recognizable field characters is also provided. The book will not only fill the gap in knowledge about the flora of the biosphere reserve, but also will be useful to identify wide range of plants of Sikkim.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Introduction. 1. Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve (KBR). 2. Early history of exploration in KBR. 3. Forest types of Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve. 4. Analysis of vascular plants of KBR. 5. Status of Angiosperm diversity. 6. Endemic vascular plants. 7. Rare, endangered and threatened (RET) vascular plants. 8. Timber yielding plants. 9. Plants of ethnobotanical interest. 10. Wild edible plants. 11. Fodder plants. 12. Dye yielding plants. 13. Fibre yielding plants. 14. Poisonous plants. 15. Plants of superstition/religious ceremonies. 16. Aromatic plants. 17. Management option. II. Systematic Study and Floristic Account: 18. Gymnosperms. 19. Angiosperms (Magnoliophyta). 20. Dicotyledones (Magnoliopsida). 21. Monocotyledones (Liliopsida). Annexures. References. Index.