FLOWERING PLANTS OF KUPPALLI REGION, CENTRAL WESTERN GHATS, KARNATAKA, INDIAAdithya Rao G.S. and Krishnamurthy Y.L.Abstract Kuppallli, the birthplace and childhood home of the renowned Kannada poet, Kuvempu (Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa), it is very famous tourist place. The forests of Kuppalli are of evergreen and semievergreen type dominating with Dipterocarps and Combrets. In the present study of random survey, a total of 522 flowering plants belonging to 103 families and 371 genera of angiosperms and few RET species like Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin, Canarium strictum Roxb., Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb., Gardenia gummifera L.f., Hedyotis cyanantha Kurz, Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb., Vepris bilocularis Engl. and Vateria indica L.. The genera Ficus have highest number of species (7), followed by Leucas, Murdannia and Syzygium with 6 species each, Blumea, Cyperus, Garcinia, Ipomoea, Solanum and Spermacoce with 5 species each. Habit wise classification of flowering plants exhibits the presence of 193 herbs, 158 trees, 89 climbers, 60 shrubs, 15 epiphytes and 7 parasites. |