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Flowering phenology in the vegetation of Shervaroys, South India

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Flowering phenology of 475 herbaceous and 348 arborescent taxa that form the vegetation of Shervaroys (Eastern Ghats: South India) was studied in relation to growth form, altitude and vegetation type. It was found that the majority of the herbaceous taxa flowered following rains while the arborescent taxa bloomed predominantly during the dry period irrespective of altitude and vegetation type.

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  1. Department of Botany, Bharathidasan University, 620 024, Tiruchirapalli, India

    N. Sivaraj & K. V. Krishnamurthy

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Sivaraj, N., Krishnamurthy, K.V. Flowering phenology in the vegetation of Shervaroys, South India. Vegetatio 79, 85–88 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044851

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