Threatened Plants of Maharashtra

Family/ Scientific NameRDB Status

Distribution sites & Average altitude

ALISMATACEAE Weisneria triandra Rare Sindhudurg district, Endemic.

AMARANTHACEAE Achyranthes coynei Rare Khandala, Pune.

AMARYLLIDACEAE Crinum eleonorae Rare Satara, Lingmala, Mahabaleshwar.

APIACEAE Pimpinella katrajensis Rare Endemic to Katraj Ghats and Panchgani Plateau. Malwan in Sindhudurg district & Dapoli in Ratnagiri district.

Polyzygus tuberosus

Rare

APONOGETONACEAE Aponogeton satarensis Vulnerable Endemic Satara district.

ARACEAE Cryptocoryne cognata Cryptocoryne cognatoides Cryptocoryne tortuosa Typhonium incurvatum Indeterminate Vulnerable Endangered Rare Konkan (coastal areas). Shindhudurg Kankavli taluk, Osargaon. Mahableshwar (Satara district). 1500 m. Bombay- Sion.

ASCLEPIADACEAE Asparagus jacquemonti Ceropegia attenuata Indeterminate Rare Between Pune and Kurla. Endemic to Western Ghats, Thane, Raigadh, Pune. Khandala, Sakarpathar- Ambavane

Ceropegia evansii

Vulnerable

Ceropegia huberi

Vulnerable

(Pune). Endemic to Maharashtra, Amba Ghat, Ratnagiri. 1000 m. Ambolighat in Sindhudurg district. 1000 m. South Konkan, Harishchandragad, 1000 m. Pune & Raigadh districts. Ralegaon hills & Bhivade Khurd hill in Junnar Taluka, Pune districts. 1000 m. Endemic to Maharashtra. 1000 m. Pune, Ratnagiri, Raigad. Endemic to Western India, Bombay, Melghat. Endemic to Maharashtra: Panchgani, Mahabaleshwar (Satara district). 1000 m. Endemic to Maharashtra. Harishchandragad hill & Dhak, Durga Khollas in Junnar Taluka, Pune districts. 1300 m. Endemic to Maharashtra: Khandala, Sinhagadh hill, Ambavane- Sakarpathar hill. 1000-1500 m. Endemic to Maharashtra. Mahad Ghat in Satara dist. 1000-1200 m. Junnar & Purandhar hills, Pune dist. 1000 m. Pine district: Khandala; Raigad : Masadi forests in Roha. West of Pune.

Ceropegia jainii

Rare

Ceropegia lawii

Endangered

Ceropegia maccannii Ceropegia mahabalei

Rare Endangered

Ceropegia noorjahaniae Ceropegia oculata Ceropegia odorata

Rare Rare Endangered

Ceropegia panchganiensis

Endangered

Ceropegia rollae

Rare

Ceropegia sahyadrica

Rare

Ceropegia santapaui

Rare

Frerea indica

Endangered

Gymnema khandalense

Rare

Oianthus deccanensis

Endangered/ Possibly Extinct

ASTERACEAE Cyathocline lutea Rare Pune and Thane districts.

BEGONIACEAE Begonia phrixophylla Rare Satara dist., Mahabaleshwar. Endemic.

BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium calcareum Rare -

CONVOLVULACEAE Ipomoea clarkei Rare Western Ghats in Thane, Pune and Nasik districts.

ELAEOCARPACEAE Elaeocarpus munronii Rare Endemic. 600-2000 m.

ERIOCAULACEAE Eriocaulon humile Vulnerable Khandala in Pune district; Matheran in Raigad district. Endemic.

EUPHORBIACEAE Euphorbia katrajensis Euphorbia panchganiensis Rare Rare Pune district. Pune, Satara & Sindhudurg districts. Endemic.

FABACEAE Crotalaria filipesrare Crotalaria lutescens Crotalaria stocksii Rare Rare Endemic to India. Malwan in Maharashtra. Endemic. Jamphalpade (Colaba district), Igatpuri & Mumbra, Maharashtra. Khandala & Lonavala in Pune district; Matheran in Raigad. 600 m. Telavaree, Harishchandragad, Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Satara, Bombay. Khandala, Mahabaleshwar, Amboli in Maharashtra. Endemic to Western Ghats. Ghats in Sahyadri range & Ahmednagar, Pune and Satara districts. Endemic.

Flemingia gracilis

Rare

Nogra dalzellii

Vulnerable

Smithia agharkarii

Rare

Vigna khandalensis

Rare

LILIACEAE Chlorophytum borivilianum Dipcadi maharashtrensis Dipcadi saxorum Rare Endangered Vulnerable Borivili, Kanheri caves. Endemic. Endemic to Panchgani in Maharashtra. Endemic to Maharashtra.

Dipcadi ursulae Drimia razii Iphigenia magnifica

Vulnerable Rare Vulnerable

Maharashtra. Endemic. Restricted to Dive Ghat, Pune districts. Endemic to Western Ghats. Dhule, Raigad, Pune. Panchgani-Mahableshwar zone (Satara district), Panhala plateau and Radhangiri area (Kolhapur district). 1500 m. Endemic.

Iphigenia stellata

Vulnerable

Scilla viridis

Endangered

LYTHRACEAE Rotala ritchiei Vulnerable Pune district, Endemic to Western Ghats.

MALPIGHIACEAE Adspiopterys canarensis Rare Bombay, 800-2000 m.

MALVACEAE Abutilon ranadei Decaschistia trilobata Endangered Rare Endemic to a single locality in the state. Ramghat & Koombarli ghats areas in the northern Western Ghats. Amboli Ghat in Pune district.

ORCHIDACEAE Habenaria panchganiensis Rare Satara & Sindhudurg district, Western Ghats in Maharashtra.

POACEAE Bhidea burnsiana Rare Lonavala (Pune district), Bombay, Malwan (Sindhudurg) Ratnagiri district. Endemic to Maharashtra, Western Ghats. Mahableshwar (Satara district), Amboli (Ratnagiri district), Aurangabad plateau. 650-1375 m. Western Ghats in Maharashtra. Konkan, Pune (Junnar, Bhimashankar and Khandala), Satara (Panchgani), Nasik (Kalsubai hill) district. Endemic to a small area of Sahyadri ranges in Maharashtra. Lonavala & Khandala, Bhimashankar (Pune district).

Coelachne minuta

Rare

Dichanthium armatum

Rare

Dichanthium compressum

Rare

Dichanthium maccannii

Vulnerable

Panchagani, Satara district, Daulatabad (Aurangabad district). Panchgani plateau in Satara. Paud, Mawal taluka (Pune). Pune and Ratnagiri districts. Ratnagiri district, Endemic to Western Ghats. Pune and Sholapur district. Panchgani and Mahableshwar (Satara district), Endemic to Western Ghats in Maharashtra. Castle rock, North Kanara, Amboli, Ratnagiri district, Endemic to Konkan in Western Ghats.

Dichanthium panchganiense Dichanthium woodrowii Dimeria blatterii Glyphochola santapaui

Rare Vulnerable Rare Rare

Isachne borii Isachne lisboae

Rare -

Schizachyrium paranipyeanum

Rare

RANUNCULACEAE Thalictrum dalzelli Indeterminate Purandhar in Maharashtra.

RUBIACEAE Hedyotis cyanantha Rare -

SAPINDACEAE Allophylus concanicus TILIACEAE Erinocarpus nimmonii Rare Padgha-Erada range, Khandala, Ambavane in Maharashtra. Rare Endemic.

Source: Red Data Book Plants of India (Nayar & Sastry 1987-88)