CONTENTS: Foreword, Preface, 1. Exploring the Forest Trees of the Northern Western Ghats: A comprehensive checklist and an analysis of their Geographic distribution and endemism-Shigwan B K, Kulkarni A, Smrithy V and Datar M N, 2. Floristic diversity, endemism and threatened taxa of Nelliyampathy hills, Southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India-Jabeena M K and Maya C N, 3. Vegetation patterns and microhabitats in low altitude rocky outcrops of Palghat Gap region of southern Western Ghats-Arabhi P and Maya C N, 4. An account of the genus Heptapleurum (Araliaceae) in India-Amrutha S and Sujana K A, 5. Phytogeography and distribution of Genus Gynochthodes Blume in Peninsular India-Gopika G and Thomas V P, 6. Distribution patterns of the family Fissidentaceae Schimp. (Bryophyta) in the Western Ghats of India-Manjula K M, Manju C N and Rajesh K P, 7. The genus Neolitsea (Lauraceae) in the Western Ghats-Robi A J and Udayan P S, 8. An annotated checklist of genus Rubus L. (Rosaceae) in south India-Bhavadas N, Umesh B T and Prabhukumar K M, 9. Taxonomy and distribution of the members of the family Aytoniaceae (Marchantiales: Marchantiophyta) of Kerala-Manju C N, 10. Systematic studies on the family Oxalidaceae in Kerala-Jisha Daniel, Rajendraprasad M and Santhosh Kumar E S, 11. Taxonomy of the Genus Smilax (Smilacaceae) in Kerala, India-Neethu U and Thomas V P, 12. Taxonomic studies on selected Sali and Vrihi varieties of Oryza sativa (Poaceae)-Prabhukumar K M, Najla P Chandrasekharan P N, Naveenkumar V V and Indira B, 13. Balsams of Silent Valley National Park, Southern Western Ghats-Hareesh V S, Sreekumar V B and Sabu M, 14. Taxonomic assessment of soil Green Algae from the forest soils of southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India-Merin G J and Thomas B T, 15. Diversity of Eukaryotic soil Microalgae of Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India-Archana V, Omman P and Thomas B T, 16. Cyanobacteria and algae in Bosnia and Herzegovina-Anita D and Dragan S, 17. Leaf and Bark inhabiting fungi in Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India-Jacob T and Lini K M, 18. Studies on Foliicolous fungal flora of Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala-Lini K M, 19. Comparative pharmacognostic characterization of the source plants of Talisapatra- an important Ayurvedic drug-Omalsree M, Vasanth Kumar K G, Agil A and Parvathy G N, 20 Anatomical studies on the genus Tarenna Gaertn. (Rubiaceae) from Kerala State-Maya S N, Sunilkumar T and Harinarayanan C M, 21. Morphological and anatomical characterization of Heliotropium keralense Sivar & Manilal-Athira R M and Nisha J, 22. Trichomes are targets for breeding biotic and abiotic stress tolerant plants-Deepa P and Sanoj E, 23. Pollen morphology of species of Parthenocissus from South India-Nimmi C D and Anto P V, 24. Scanning Electron Microscopic studies of seeds of the genus Cleome s.l (Cleomaceae) in Kerala state-Sangeetha S and Sunilkumar T, 25. Spore Morphology of selected ferns of South India-Sreenivas V K and Vimal K R, 26. Ethnobotanical knowledge in Modern Drug discovery: historical and future perspectives with special reference to India-Ijinu T P, Navas M, Prabha B, Sasikumar P, Rajasekharan S, George V and Pushpangadan P, 27. Characterisation of family Myristicaceae in the Western Ghats A potential genetic resource-Govind M G and Dan M, 28. Phytochemical characterisation of leaf extracts of Alpinia galanga (L) Wild (Zingiberaceae)-Saira S B and Thomas V P, 29. Phytochemical Profiling of five wild edible fruits of Northern Kerala-Abdusalam A K and Neha C P, 30. Ensete glaucum (Roxb.) Cheesman: A potential crop wild relatives of the family Musaceae-Ranjith L M R, Prasad M G, Rana T S and Nair K N, 31. Lichens: Nature's intriguing Symbiotic partnerships-Siljo Joseph, 32. Extension of the vase life of rainbow ginger inflorescence (Zingiberaceae): a promising ornamental ginger of the tropics-Sabu M, Prabhukumar K M, Ashfak A O and Thomas V P, 33. Metal nanoparticles of ZnO, Fe2O3 and Co against the bloom forming a.