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The Flora of India is one of the richest of the world due to a wide range of climate, topology and environments in the country. It is thought there are over 15000 species of flowering plants in India,which account for 6 percent of the total plant species in the world . Due to the wide range of climatic conditions, India holds rich variety of flora that no other country can boast of. India covers more than 45,000 species of flora, out of which there are several species that are not found anywhere else. Since ancient times, use of plants as a source of medicines has been the inherent part of life in India. There are more than 3000 officially documented plants in India that holds great medicinal potential. India comprises seven percent of world's flora. India is divided into main eight floristic regions namely - Western Himalayas, Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Indus plain, Ganga plain, the Deccan, the Malabar and the Andamans.

Non flowering plants with hopeless seeds

Horsetails

Club Moss and Liverworts

Conifers

Gymnospermous types

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Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and cypress are the famous timber-yielding plants of which several also occur widely in the hilly regions of India

Other conifers and trees

Ferns

Whisk Ferns


Flowering plants, monocot and dicot seeds

Aquatic and semi-aquatic herbs

Palms and Woody shrubs

Trees, shrubs and the largest flower family

Flowers, herbs, cactus and succulents

Grasses and sedge

Trees, shrubs, herbs and vegetables

Wind pollinated

Showy flowers, Lilies

Woody, herbs, flowers and trees

Trees, shrubs, lianas, showy flowers, succulents

Tropical coarse shrubs often brightly coloured

References

  1. ^ Chuahan, Nidhi (25 July 2003). "Psilotum complanatum Sw., a rare epiphytic fern ally of Great Nicobar Island: Exploration and habitat monitoring" (PDF). Current Science. 85 (2): 193–197. Retrieved 2008-03-15. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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