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Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Exploring the Forest Trees of the Northern Western Ghats: A comprehensive checklist and an analysis of their Geographic distribution and endemism/Shigwan B K, Kulkarni A, Smrithy V and Datar M N. 2. Floristic diversity, endemism and threatened taxa of Nelliyampathy hills, Southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India/Jabeena M K and Maya C N. 3. Vegetation patterns and microhabitats in low altitude rocky outcrops of Palghat Gap region of southern Western Ghats/Arabhi P and Maya C N. 4. An account of the genus Heptapleurum (Araliaceae) in India/Amrutha S and Sujana K A. 5. Phytogeography and distribution of Genus Gynochthodes Blume in Peninsular India/Gopika G and Thomas V P. 6. Distribution patterns of the family Fissidentaceae Schimp. (Bryophyta) in the Western Ghats of India/Manjula K M, Manju C N and Rajesh KP. 7. The genus Neolitsea (Lauraceae) in the Western Ghats/Robi A J and Udayan P S. 8. An annotated checklist of genus Rubus L. (Rosaceae) in south India/Bhavadas N, Umesh B T and Prabhukumar K M. 9. Taxonomy and distribution of the members of the family Aytoniaceae (Marchantiales: Marchantiophyta) of Kerala/Manju C N. 10. Systematic studies on the family Oxalidaceae in Kerala/Jisha Daniel, Rajendraprasad M and Santhosh Kumar E S. 11. Taxonomy of the Genus Smilax (Smilacaceae) in Kerala, India/Neethu U and Thomas V P. 12. Taxonomic studies on selected Sali and Vrihi varieties of Oryza sativa (Poaceae)/Prabhukumar K M, Najla P, Chandrasekharan P N, Naveenkumar V V and Indira B. 13. Balsams of Silent Valley National Park, southern Western Ghats/Hareesh V S, Sreekumar V.B and Sabu M. 14. Taxonomic assessment of soil Green Algae from the forest soils of southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India/Merin G J and Thomas B T. 15. Diversity of Eukaryotic soil Microalgae of Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India/Archana V, Omman P and Thomas B T. 16. Cyanobacteria and algae in Bosnia and Herzegovina/Anita D and Dragan S. 17. Leaf and Bark inhabiting fungi in Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India/Jacob T and Lini K M. 18. Studies on Foliicolous fungal flora of Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala/Lini K M. 19. Comparative pharmacognostic characterization of the source plants of Talisapatra- an important Ayurvedic drug/Omalsree M, Vasanth Kumar K G, Agil A and Parvathy G N. 20 Anatomical studies on the genus Tarenna Gaertn. (Rubiaceae) from Kerala State/Maya S N, Sunilkumar T and Harinarayanan C M. 21. Morphological and anatomical characterization of Heliotropium keralense Sivar & Manilal/Athira R M and Nisha J. 22. Trichomes are targets for breeding biotic and abiotic stress tolerant plants/Deepa P and Sanoj E. 23. Pollen morphology of species of Parthenocissus from South India/Nimmi C D and Anto P V. 24. Scanning Electron Microscopic studies of seeds of the genus Cleome s.l (Cleomaceae) in Kerala state/Sangeetha S and Sunilkumar T. 25. Spore Morphology of selected ferns of South India/Sreenivas V K and Vimal K R. 26. Ethnobotanical knowledge in Modern Drug discovery: historical and future perspectives with special reference to India/Ijinu T P, Navas M, Prabha B, Sasikumar P, Rajasekharan S, George V and Pushpangadan P. 27. Characterisation of family Myristicaceae in the Western Ghats A potential genetic resource/Govind M G and Dan M. 28. Phytochemical characterisation of leaf extracts of Alpinia galanga (L) Wild (Zingiberaceae)/Saira S B and Thomas V P. 29. Phytochemical Profiling of five wild edible fruits of Northern Kerala/Abdusalam A K and Neha C P. 30. Ensete glaucum (Roxb.) Cheesman: A potential crop wild relatives of the family Musaceae/Ranjith L M R, Prasad M G, Rana T S and Nair K N. 31. Lichens: Nature s intriguing Symbiotic partnerships/Siljo Joseph. 32. Extension of the vase life of rainbow ginger inflorescence (Zingiberaceae): a promising ornamental ginger of the tropics/Sabu M, Prabhukumar K M, Ashfak A O and Thomas V P. 33. Metal nanoparticles of ZnO, Fe2O3 and Co against the bloom forming a.