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Volume 65, Issue 1, July 2023

Articles

Phytodiversity and its significance of the Pamuleru Sacred Grove in Alluri Sitharamaraju district of Andhra Pradesh, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/173070

Published 2023-07-27

  • Sankara Rao Mudadla
    • ,
  • P. Hari Krishna
    • ,
  • N.S.S.N. Kedareswari
    • ,
  • B. Suresh Kumar
    • ,
  • V. Gnanojwala
    • ,
  • T. Aravinda
    • ,
  • K. Kalyani Bai

Sankara Rao Mudadla
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Sultan Bazaar, Koti, Hyderabad – 500001Telangana State.

P. Hari Krishna
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Hyderabad - 500 001, Telangana

N.S.S.N. Kedareswari
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Hyderabad - 500 001, Telangana

B. Suresh Kumar
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Hyderabad - 500 001, Telangana

V. Gnanojwala
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Kendriya Sadan, Hyderabad - 500 001, Telangana

T. Aravinda
Nagarjuna Government Degree College(A), Nalgonda- 508 001, Telangana

K. Kalyani Bai
Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The present study focuses on the Pamuleru sacred grove in Alluri Sitharama Raju District, Andhra Pradesh, aiming to assess its plant species diversity. A total of 64 plant species belongs to 58 genera and 31 families were enumerated. Notably, one species, Tectona grandis, is Endangered, while Chloroxylon swietenia is Vulnerable, and 23 species are listed as Least Concerned under the IUCN Red Listed categories. These findings emphasize the ecological and cultural significance of the Pamuleru sacred grove for conservation and sustainable practices.

Keywords

Conservation, Indigenous people, Sacred grove, Phytodiversity.

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