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The book is the first-ever comprehensive
collection of its kind that describes the valuable plants found at the Heritage
Sites of Shimla Hills, Himachal Pradesh.
These notable heritage sites are small conservancy areas and enriched
with the number ofintroduced plants of the colonial era reflecting ethnic, floral,
genetic, and cultural diversity. The available plant diversity at heritage
sites (courtyards of colonial buildings, socio-cultural spaces, cemeteries)
comprises ‘212 species belonging to 129 genera under 70 families. The overall diversity can be grouped into 72
ethnobotanical important wild species, 119 cultivated ones, and 21 growing as
wild and under cultivation.
This compendium also incorporates
multifaceted information on updated nomenclature; vernaculars, English, Hindi,
and Sanskrit names; distribution; description; flowering & fruiting;
propagation notes, part/s used; folk
uses and uses in literature to serve as a valuable ready-reckoner to different
entrepreneurs like plant scientists, conservationists, pharmacists, medical
practitioners, natural therapeutics, biotechnologists, plant geneticists,
technocrats, extension workers, researchers of ethnobotany and economic botany,
NGOs, andpolicy planners.
Moreover, this compilation coversthe heritage buildings, cemeteries, socio-cultural spaces, and plants of the heritage sites of Shimla hills using photographic plates. The detailed ethnobotanical information is described using tables, figures, andappendices that enhance theuniqueness ofthe treatise significantly.
About the Authors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Colour Photographs
Chapter 1: Introduction
Plant Cultivation and
Bio-aesthetic Planning
Ornamental and
Conservational Aspects
Status of Floristic
Diversity in India
Status of Floristic
Diversity in N.W. Himalayas
Status of Floristics
Diversity in Himachal Pradesh
Status of Ethnobotanical Diversity
Chapter 2: History, Culture and Enumeration of Data
Shimla -‘Queen of Hills:
A General Perspective
Geographical Extent
Etymology and Historical
Perspective
Land and People
Fairs and Festivals
Faith and Worship
Vegetation (Flora &
Fauna)
Climate
Plan and Collection of Data
Chapter 3: Heritage Sites of Shimla Hills
Chapter 4: Ethnobotanical Information of Plants at Heritage Sites of Shimla
Chapter 5: Epilogue
Ethnobotanical Aspects of
Flora
Phytogeographical Analysis
Concluding Remarks
Chapter 6: Bibliography
Appendix I: Index to
Total Number of Genera/ Species of Plants of Heritage Sites Under Various
Divisions of Plant Kingdom
Appendix II: Index to
Plant Families of Heritage Sites
Appendix III: Index to
Ethnobotanical Uses of Plants of Heritage Sites
Appendix IV: Index to
Additional Uses of Plants
Appendix V: Index to
plant parts used for various Medicinal purposes
Appendix VI: Index to
Local Names of Plants of Heritage Sites
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