Flora of Kurnool: Andhra Pradesh, , T. Pullaiah, , R.R. Venkata Raju, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh

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Flora of Kurnool: Andhra Pradesh

T. Pullaiah (Author) R.R. Venkata Raju (Author)

Synopsis The present book is principally meant for the general reader who wants to recognise plants without being equipped with botanical Jargon and vocabulary. Kurnool district, often called "Gateway of Rayalaseema", enriched with highly varied angiosperm diversity due to wide range of vegetation types and undulated topography. Though this district lies in the heart of famine zone, the eastern corner of the district, called Nallamalais and western Yerramalais exhibit floral diversity of about 1065 species. Environmental education, and particularly the dissemination of the conservational message, requires general recognition and utilisation of plants even by non specialists. The usage of local vernacular names is specially meant for this. Families are arranged in the modified Bentham and Hooker sequence followed in the Kew and the Indian herbaria, especially in the national and provincial floras. Genera within the family and species within the genus are given in alphabetical order. Artificial keys (indented keys) are provided at each level of separation for easy identification. A comprehensive index gives the names of families, genera and species (correct names and synonyms) at the end.

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About the authors

T. Pullaiah

Prof. T. Pullaiah obtained his M.Sc., (1973) and Ph.D., (1976) degrees in Botany from Andhra University. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow at Moscow State University, Russia during 1976-78. He traveled widely in Europe and visited Universities and Botanical Gardens in about 16 countries. Professor Pullaiah joined Sri Krishnadevaraya University as a Lecturer in 1979 and became Professor in 1993. At present he is Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences; Head, Department of Botany; Co-ordinator and Chairman BOS in Biotechnology. Professor Pullaiah has published 25 books, 175 research papers and 35 popular articles. His books include Embryology of Compositae; Flora of Andhra Pradesh (4 Vols.); Trees of Andhra Pradesh; Taxonomy of Angiosperms; Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India; Flora of Ranga Reddi District; Flora of Anantapur District; Flora of Kurnool; Flora of Nizamabad; Embryology and Apomixis in Grasses; Flora of Eastern Ghats - Vol.1 and Vol.2; Biodiversity in India - Vol.1; etc. He is principal investigator of 14 major Research Projects totaling more than 70 lakhs funded by DBT, DST, CSIR, DOEF, GCC and WWF. Under his guidance 35 students obtained their Ph.D. degree and 32 students obtained their M. Phil. degree. He is recipient of Best Teacher Award from Government of Andhra Pradesh and receipient of Panchanan Maheshwari Medal of Indian Botanical Society for the year 2002 and Y.D. Tyagi Gold Medal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy. He is a Member of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

R.R. Venkata Raju

Prof. R.R. Venkata Raju did his M.Sc. from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in 1981. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1986. He described about 10 new taxa belonging to Euphorbiaceae and Asteraceae. He guided 14 scholars for Ph.D. degree and 15 members for M.Phil. degree. He published 2 books and 80 research articles in national and international journals. He has served the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) in the capacity of Secretary during 2000-2003. He has completed six major research projects funded by CSIR, DST, UGC, ICFRE and WWF and at present holding two major projects financed by UGC and DBT.

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