{"title":"Floristic Richness of the Tropical Coast of Northern Andhra Pradesh along Bay of Bengal, a Treasure to be Conserved","authors":"Rao M. V., Joshi S. C., Balaji M.","volume":69,"journal":"International Journal of Marine and Environmental Sciences","pagesStart":846,"pagesEnd":862,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/16912","abstract":"
Coastal zone combines terrestrial, marine and atmospheric factors and gives rise to unique landforms that play an important role in long-term sustainability of the hinterland and economy of maritime nations. World over, efforts have been put forth to understand plants of the seacoasts. In India also, plants of several geographical entities have been well documented, but works devoted to plant communities of the vast tropical coast of India and its States are still insufficient. Therefore, an inventory of plants flourishing in a stretch of ~450km of the Coastal Regulatory Zone I encompassing a total of 84 villages in 6 revenue Districts of northern Andhra Pradesh (15o<\/span>42’06”N, 80o<\/sup>51’03”E to 19o<\/span>05’51”N, 84o<\/sup>47’44”E) along Bay of Bengal was carried out. The study revealed presence of a total of 364 species belonging to 225 genera under 71 families. 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