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Flora of AP Biodiversity

The diversity of flora in Andhra Pradesh comprise of 3000 wild and naturalized species of angiosperms; 3 species of gymnosperms and 72 species of Pteridophytes and 100 species of bryophytes in the state of Andhra Pradesh. There are about 550 species of trees, 285 shrubs, 1765 herbs and 300 climbers. The five dominant angiosperm families are legumes (Fabaceae) and grasses (Poaceae) with over 300 species followed by sedges (Cyperaceae)-140 species and spurges (euphorbiaceae), 125 species. The dominant angiosperm genera are Crotalaria with 44 species followed by Cyperus with 33 species, Euphorbia with 30 species. several himalayan species are reported from the state. These include Saussurea heteromalla, Bulbophyllum cariniflorum, Dillenia aurea, Arundinellla benghalensis. There are about 68+ strict endemic plant species are there in the state.

S. No	Scientific Name	Family	Type	Level of Endemism	IUCN Status
1	Albizia thompsonii Brandis	leguminosae	Tree	E.Ghats
2	Alysicarpus monilifer (L.) DC. var. cuddapahensis Almeida & Almeida	Leguminosae Faboideae	Herb	A.P
3	Andrographis beddomei C.B.Clarke	Acanthaceae	Herb	A.P
4	Andrographis nallamalayana J.L.Ellis	Acanthaceae	Herb	A.P
5	Argyreia arakuensis N.P.Balakr.	Convolvulaceae
6	Argyreia srinivasanii Subba Rao & Kumari	Convolvulaceae	Climber	A.P	CR
7	Arundinella setosa Trin. var. lanifera Fischer	Poaceae	Herb	A.P
8	Boswellia ovalifoliolata N.P. Balakr. & A.N. Henry	Burseraceae	Tree	A.P	EN
9	Brachystelma annamacharye Prasad et al.	Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae	Herb	A.P
10	Brachystelma glabrum Hook.f.	Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae	Herb	A.P	CR
11	Brachystelma nallamalayana Prasad & B.R.P. Rao	Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae	Herb	A.P
12	Brachystelma penchalakonense Rasingam et al	Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae	Herb	A.P
13	Brachystelma pullaihii B.R.P. Rao et al.	Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae	Herb	A.P
14	Brachystelma volubile Hook.f.	Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae	Herb	A.P	CR
15	Bupleurum andhricum M.P.Nayar & R.N.Banerjee	Apiaceae	Herb	E. Ghats
16	Cajanus cajanifolius (Haines) Maesen (= Atylosia cajanifolia)	Leguminosae Faboideae	Herb	E. Ghats	VU
17	Caralluma indica (Wight & Arn.) N.E.Br.	Apocynaceae	Herb	E. Ghats
18	Ceropegia pullaiahii Kullayiswamy et al.	Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae	Herb	A.P	CR
19	Chrysopogon velutinus (Hook.f.) Bor	Poaceae	Herb	A.P
20	Cleome viscosa var. nagarjunakondensis Sundararagh.	Cleomaceae	Herb	A.P
21	Croton scabiosus Bedd	Euphorbiaceae	Tree	A.P	VU
22	Cycas beddomei Dyer	Cycadaceae	Arborescent	A.P	EN
23	Cycas seshachalamensis	Cycadaceae	Arborescent	E. Ghats	EN
24	Cycas sphaerica Roxb.	Cycadaceae	Arborescent	E. Ghats	EN
25	Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn.	Apocynaceae-Periplocoideae	Climber	E. Ghats	EN
26	Decaschistia cuddapahensis T.K.Paul & M.P.Nayar	Malvaceae	Shrub	E. Ghats
27	Decaschistia rufa Craib	Malvaceae	Shrub	E. Ghats
28	Dicliptera beddomei C.B.Clarke	Acanthaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
29	Dimorphocalyx kurnoolensis R.Venkatar. & Pullaiah	Euphorbiaceae	Tree	A.P	CR
30	Eriolaena lushingtonii Dunn	Malvaceae-Dombeyoideae	Tree	E. Ghats
31	Euphorbia deccanensis var. nallamalayana (J.L.Ellis) V.S.Raju (= Chamaesyce linearifolia var. nallamalayana (J.L.Ellis) V.S.Raju & P.N.Rao)	Euphorbiaceae	Herb	A.P	EN
32	Euphorbia kadapensis Sarojini Devi & R.R.V. Raju	Euphorbiaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
33	Euphorbia linearifolia Roth var. nallamalayana Ellis	Euphorbiaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
34	Euphorbia senguptae N.P.Balakr. & Subr. (= Chamaesyce senguptae (N.P.Balakr. & Subr.) V.S.Raju & P.N.Rao)	Euphorbiaceae	Herb	A.P
35	Glochidion thirupathiense Rasingam et al	Phyllanthaceae	Tree	A.P
36	Hildegardia populifolia Schott & Endl.	Malvaceae-Sterculioideae	Tree	E. Ghats	VU
37	Indigofera trifoliata L. (= I. barberi)	Leguminosae-Faboideae	Herb	E. Ghats
38	Iseilema venkateswarlui Satyavathi	Poaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
39	Kalanchoe cherukondensis Subba Rao & Kumari	Crassulaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
40	Lasianthus verticillatus (Lour.) Merr. (= L. truncatus)	Rubiaceae	Shrub	E. Ghats
41	Lasiococca comberi Haines	Euphorbiaceae	Tree	E. Ghats	EN
42	Leucas diffusa Benth.	Lamiaceae	Herb	E. Ghats
43	Leucas indica var. nagalapuramiana (Chandrab. & Sriniv.) D.A. Moulali & T. Pullaiah	Lamiaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
44	Leucas mollissima Wall. var. mukherjiana Subba Rao & Kumari	Lamiaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
45	Leucas mollissima Wall var. sebastiana Subba Rao & Kumari	Lamiaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
46	Leucas mukerjiana Subba Rao & Kumari	Lamiaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
47	Maytenus bailadillana (V.Naray. & Mooney) D.C.S.Raju & Babu	Celastraceae	Shrub	E. Ghats
48	Memecylon jadhavii K.N.Reddy, C.S.Reddy & V.S.Raju	Melastomataceae	Tree	A.P
49	Memecylon madgolense Gamble	Melastomataceae	Tree	A.P
50	Nilgirianthus circarensis (Gamble) Bremek.	Acanthaceae	Shrub	E. Ghats
51	Ophiorrhiza chandrasekharanii Subba Rao & Kumari	Rubiaceae Herb A.P
52	Oropetium roxburghianum (Schult.) S.M.Phillips	Poaceae	Herb	A.P
53	Panicum fischeri Bor	Poaceae	Herb	A.P
54	Pavetta madrassica Bremek.	Rubiaceae	Shrub	E. Ghats
55	Pentanema indicum (L.) Ling var. sivarajanianum C.Raju & R.Raju	Compositae	Herb	A.P	CR
56	Phlebophyllum jeyporense (Bedd.) Bremek.	Acanthaceae	Shrub	E. Ghats
57	Phyllanthus narayanswamii Gamble	Phyllanthaceae	Shrub	A.P	EN
58	Pimpinella tirupatiensis N.P.Balakr. & Subram.	Apiaceae	Herb	A.P	EN
59	Polycarpaea corymbosa var. longipetala Srinivas. & Narasimh.	Caryophyllaceae	Herb	A.P
60	Premna hamiltonii (Buch.-Ham.) J.L. Ellis	Verbenaceae	Tree	E. Ghats
61	Pterocarpus santalinus L.f.	Leguminosae - Faboideae	Tree	E. Ghats	EN
62	Rhynchosia beddomei Baker	Leguminosae-F.	Herb	E. Ghats
63	Rhynchosia ravii Prasad & Narayanaswamy	Leguminosae - Faboideae	Herb	A.P
64	Rostellularia vahlii var. rupicola J.L.Ellis	Acanthaceae	Herb	A.P	CR
65	Shorea tumbuggaia Roxb.	Dipterocarpaceae	Tree	E. Ghats	VU
66	Syzygium alternifolium (Wight) Walp.	Myrtaceae	Tree	A.P
67	Terminalia pallida Brandis	Combretaceae	Tree	A.P	VU
68	Toxocarpus roxburghii Wight & Arn.	Apocynaceae	Climber	A.P	EN
69	Tripogon tirumalae Chorge et al.	Poaceae	Herb	A.P
70	Wendlandia gamblei Cowan	Rubiaceae	Tree	E. Ghats

Flora of Andhra Pradesh

Flora of AP Biodiversity