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RIPARIAN FLORA OF THAMIRAPARANI RIVER IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, INDIA

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  • 1. Department of Botany and Research Centre, Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam, Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu, India.
  • 2. Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Research Centre in Botany, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu

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Riparian flora is an expressed survey to analyze marginal vegetation of river zones. The present study was conducted in Thamiraparani river of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Result of the current study showed a total of, 720 species of angiosperms belonging to 449 genera under 126 families of these 76.5% were dicots and 23.5% of monocots were recorded.Habitually 30.4% herbs , 26.7% trees, 15.7% shrubs, 6.9% climbing shrubs, 5.2% perennial herbs, 3.3% annual herbs, 2 % twining herbs, 1.7%  twining shrubs, 1.6% aquatic herbs, 1.3% climbing herbs, 0.6% rhizomatous herbs, 0.7% marshy herbs, 0.7%  tunerous herbs, 0.6% lianas, 0.4%  tuberous climbing herbs, 0.4% stragglinbg shrubs, 0.3%  climbers, 0.3% climbing palms, 0.3% prostrate herbs, climbing shrub, creeping herb, epiphytic herb, parasitic shrub and parasitic twining herb were 0.1% . Poaceae is the dominant family followed by Fabaceae, Acanthaceae and Euphorbiacae. 114 plant species were conserved under RET category, 568  species  occurred commonly  98 species were exotic.Most of the plants were widely used as medicinals. Anthropogenic activities act as a barrier biodiversity.

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