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The state of Andhra Pradesh is endowed with rich biodiversity. Extensive field and literature survey of trees in Andhra Pradesh yielded 601 tree taxa under 295 genera belonging to 75 families out of the estimated 2900 species of flowering plants in Andhra Pradesh. Euphorbiaceae (49) followed by Rubiaceae (44), Mimosaceae (32), Moraceae (29), Rutaceae (26), Tiliaceae (20), Verbenaceae and Bignoniaceae (19), Meliaceae (18), Fabaceae, Annonaceae, Sterculiaceae (15), Cordiaceae, Ebenaceae, Combretaceae, Lauraceae (13) are the largest families based on the species number. The dominant genera include Ficus with 24 species, Grewia 19, Acacia 15, Diospyros 12, Terminalia 11, Cassia 9 and Cordia 8 species. Endemic tree species distributed in different regions of Andhra Pradesh are Actinodaphne madraspatana, Alphonsea madraspatana, Albizia thompsonii, Boswellia ovalifoliolata, Bridelia cinerascens, Cordia domestica, Croton scabiosus, Dimorphocalyx kurnoolensis, Eriolaena lushingtonii, Hildegardia populifolia, Lasiococca comberi, Premna hamiltonii, Pterocarpus santalinus, Shorea tumbuggaia, Syzygium alternifolium, Terminalia pallida, Wendlandia gamblei, Toona ciliata var. brevipetiolata, etc. A brief account on topography, geology, climate, vegetation pattern, tree flora analysis and distribution pattern of trees in various regions of Andhra Pradesh are provided.
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Murthy, K.S.R., Rani, S.S., Karuppusamy, S., Lalithamba, A., Pullaiah, T. (2020). Tree Flora of Andhra Pradesh, India. In: Khasim, S.M., Long, C., Thammasiri, K., Lutken, H. (eds) Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1636-8_3
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