This would be space for our circle to share findings, curious, and queries regarding the flora and fauna of Mysore region.
AN ACCOUNT OF MALVACEAE IN THE GARDEN OF
REGIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, SIDDHARTHA NAGARA AND ITS
NEIBOURHOOD, MYSORE -570 011, SOUTH INDIA
The
study area Regional Museum of Natural History is an establishment under the
Ministry of Environment & forests, Government of India, located on a span
of 5.25 acres of land on the northern
bank of Karanji tank, , a man made reservoir. The geographical co –ordinates are 12°18’ 12”
N & 76°40’25.52”E. The altitude is about 750 m MSL. The annual rain fall
limits to 700 mm. The area falls in the Deccan peninsula housing the habitats
such as the freshwater swamps and tropical secondary scrub jingles bio
geographically.
The
regional Museum of Natural History is with a well maintained garden sprawling
about 3.25 acres [approx] , since its inception in the year 1992, before occupation and construction of museum building this site was quite dry
and barren piece of land . During the past 20 years there is a greater degree
of alteration in the land profile and emergence of flora & fauna took place
in this vicinity. Being an environmental education centre, this institute
adapted a policy to plant native variety of plants, which includes trees,
shrubs, creepers, herbs grasses and systematic nursing. This venture attracted
a wide array of insects followed by birds and other predators, creating a piece
of natural environment pocket.
A
small patch of land is left for model forest, where plants fed with annual
rainfall and the leaf litter compost of their own.
In
such environment, a number of wild plants [generally regarded as weed flora]
are also presented their co existence. This present study is aimed at one such
family of plants – MALVACEAE & its cohorts.
So
far 22 plants have been identified, belonging to 4 tribes, 12 genera and 22
species have been enlisted.
Reference:
Flora
of Karnataka –Vol-I #Cecil J Saldana et al -1984
Malvaceae
of Southern Peninsular India: taxonomic monograph # Sivarajan & Pradeep
Preparation
of biodiversity conservation plan for Mysore forest division technical report # H.N.Kumara et
al Sasya samputa: Karnataka Raajyakosha -1#
Prof C.P.Patil et al, Kannada University Hampi-583276
Flowering
plants of the Mysore University Campus# RR Rao & BA Razi-1974
A
List of Mysore Plants # RR Rao & BA Razi-1946
A
synaptic flora of Mysore district # RR Rao & BA Razi-1981
A
Handbook of Some South Indian Weeds #
C.Tadulingam & G. Venkatanarayana -1932.
No comments:
Post a Comment