Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Medal, one of the 10 districts of Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh has forests, which are of the southern tropical dry deciduous type account for 9.9% of the total geographical area. In the present study a total of 956 field numbers have been collected and identified. These comprise 702 wild and naturalised species belonging to 410 genera and 118 families. Introduction, topography and general features, forests and vegetation, past and present work and key to the families form the first part to the text. The second part includes the systematic enumeration. References and index to families, genera and species are given at the end. In the systematic numeration families are arranged according to Bentham and Hooker s system with slight modifications. All the genera in the family and all the species in the genus are arranged in alphabetical order. All the keys provided are of the dichotomous indented type. The nomenclature of the taxa is brought up-to-date. Species description is with citation, description and phenological data. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Topography and General Features; Chapter 3: Forests and Vegetation; Chapter 4: Past and Present Work; Chapter 5: Key to Families; Chapter 6: Systematic Enumeration.