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Floral Treasures of Shimla Hills India Conservation and Discovery

Suman Rawat & S.K. Sood

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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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