Floristic diversity, conservation status and economic value of miniature sacred groves in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu southern Peninsular India

Turkish Journal of Botany

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-199

  Sukumaran, Selvamony ^a   Jeeva, Solomon ^b   Raj, Appavoo Deva Sobhana ^a   Kannan, Doraipandian ^c  

^a SCOTT CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c AMRITA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Medicinal plants; Plant diverstiy; Religious beliefs; Sacred grove; Tamil Nadu; Vegetation profile

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLORISTICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KANYAKUMARI; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 44849118424     PISSN: 1300008X     EISSN: 13036106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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