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. 2021 May 25;68(6):2235–2263. doi: 10.1007/s10722-021-01199-0

Table 4.

List of plants notified by the Central Government, in consultation with the State Government under Sect. 38 of India’s Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (

Source: The Gazette of India: Extraordinary, Ministry of Environment and Forests of each state)

State/Union Territory Listed species Notification date in Gazette of India
Assam Cycas pectinata Buch.-Ham., Magnolia cathcartii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Noot., Magnolia manni (King) Figlar, Mesua assamica (King & Prain) Kosterm., Paphiopedilium spicerianum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer, Vatica lanceaefolia (Roxburgh) Blume August 3, 2018
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Artabotrys nicobarianus D.Das, Calamus nicobaricus Becc., Korthalsia rogersii Becc., Mangifera andamanica King, Ophioglossum pendulum L. October 26, 2012
Bihar Chrysopogon hamiltonii (Hook.f.) Haines February 8, 2011
Goa Ceropegia fantastica Sedgw., Phyllanthus talbotii Sedgw. March 31, 2010
Himachal Pradesh Aconitum deinorrhizum Stapf., Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle., Aconitum violaceum Jacquem. ex Stapf, Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D.Don) Soó, Eremostachys superba Royle ex Benth., Jasminum parkeri Dunn., Nardostachys grandiflora DC, Taxus wallichiana Zucc. March 19, 2009
Jammu & Kashmir Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf. ex Holmes, Aconitum deinorrhizum Stapf., Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle., Aconitum kasmiricum Stapf Ex. Coventry., Aconitum violaceum Jacquem. ex Stapf,, Betula utilis D. Don, Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D.Don) Soó., Eremostachys superba Royle ex Benth., Gentiana ornata Wall. Ex. Griseb., Gentiana kurroo Royle, Lagotis cashmeriana (Royle) Rupr., Meconopsis latifolia (Prain) Prain., Meconopsis aculeata Royle, Podophyllum hexandrum Royle, Picrorrhiza kurroa Royle Ex. Benth., Taxus wallichiana Zucc., Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch., Saussurea medusa Maxim., Saussurea simpsoniana (Fielding & Gardner) Lipsch., Sophora moorcroftiana Benth. Ex. Baker August 3, 2018
Kerala Adenosma malabaricum Hook.f., Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora (Bedd.) S.Rajkumar & Janarth. (= Poeciloneuron pauciflorum Bedd.), Aglaia malabarica Sasidh. Anacolosa densiflora Bedd., Atuna indica (Bedd.) Kosterm., Calliandra cynometroides Bedd., Cinnamomum travancoricum Gamble, Dialium travancoricum Bourd., Dimorphocalyx beddomei (Benth.) Airy Shaw, Dipterocarpus bourdillonii Brandis, Elaeocarpus venustus Bedd., Garcinia imbertii Bourd., Haplothismia exannulata Airy Shaw, Humboldtia bourdillonii Prain, Humboldtia trijuga (Bedd.) M. Mohanan, Janakia arayalpathra J. Joseph & Chandras., Madhuca bourdillonii (Gamble) H.J.Lam, Memecylon sisparense Gamble, Paphiopedilum druryi (Bedd.) Stein, Salacia malabarica Gamble, Syzygium palghatense Gamble, Syzygium periyarensis Augustine & Sasidh., Toxocarpus beddomei Gamble, Toxocarpus palghatensis Gamble, Vanda thwaitesii Hook.f., Vanda wightii Rchb.f April 23, 2009
Karnataka Barleria grandiflora Dalzell., Beaumontia jerdoniana Wight, Ceropegia decaisneana Wight, Cinnamomum goaense Kosterm., Holigarna beddomei Hook.f., Hopea canarensis Hole, Impatiens mysorensis Roth, Impatiens raziana Bhaskar & Razi, Justicia nilgherrensis (Nees) Wall. ex C.B.Clarke, Madhuca insignis (Radlk.) H.J.Lam, Phyllanthus talbotii Sedgw., Salacia malabarica Gamble, Toxocarpus concanensis Hook.f., Toxocarpus palghatensis Gamble, Vanda thwaitesii Hook.f., Vanda wightii Rchb.f November 4, 2020
Manipur Kalanchoe rosea Clarke, Lilium davidii Duch. ex Elwes, Malus baccata (L.) Borkh., Rhododendron macabeanum Watt ex Balf.f., Rhododendron wattii Cowan October 29, 2012
Madhya Pradesh Alsophila balakrishnanii (Dixit & Tripathi) Dixit = Cyathea gigantea (Wall.ex Hook.) Holtt., Ficus cupulata Haines, Jasminum brevipetiolatum Duthie June 7, 2010
Meghalaya Aquilaria khasiana Hallier f., Gymnocladus assamicus P.C.Kanjilal, Ilex khasiana Purkay., Jasminum adenophyllum Wall. ex C.B.Clarke, Nepenthes khasiana Hook.f., Nymphaea tetragona Georgi September 30, 2009
Mizoram Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.,Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees = C. cassia (L.) J.Presl., Dalbergia pinnata var. acaciifolia (Dalzell) Thoth., Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb., Jasminum wengeri C.E.C.Fisch., Mantisia wengeri C.E.C.Fisch., Paphiopedilum spicerianum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer, Paphiopedilum villosum (Lindl.) Stein October 5, 2009
Orissa Lasiococca comberi Haines September 30, 2009
Punjab Alysicarpus bupleurifolius var. hybridus DC., Ceropegia bulbosa var.lushii (Graham) Hook.f. = Ceropegia lushii Graham), Hibiscus hoshiarpurensis T.K.Paul & M.P.Nayar, Ophioglossum gramineum Willd., Ophioglossum polyphyllum A. Braun ex Schub., Tecomella undulata (Sm.) Seem., Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal, Anogeissus sericea var. nummularia King ex Duthie February 4, 2014
Tamil Nadu Belosynapsis kewensis Hassk, Byrosphyllum tetrandrum (Bedd.) J.Hk. ex Bedd., Cinnamomum walaiwarense Kosterm., Didymocarpus missionis Wall. ex R.Br., Dimorphocalyx beddomei (Benth.) Airy Shaw, Diospyros barberi Ramaswami, Diospyros humilis (R.Br.) F.Muell., Drypetes porteri (Gamble) Pax & K.Hoffm., Elaeocarpus blascoi Weibel, Elaeocarpus venustus Bedd., Hoya kanyakumariana A.N.Henry & Swamin., Impatiens auriculata Wight, Janakia arayalpathra J. Joseph & Chandras., Memecylon sisparense Gamble, Paphiopedilum druryi (Bedd.) Stein, Phyllanthus anamalayanus (Gamble) G.L.Webster (= Pseudoglochidion anamalayapum Gamble), Popowia beddomeana Hook.f. & Thomson, Sonerila pulneyensis Gamble, Symplocos oligandra Bedd., Syzygium beddomei (Duthie) Chithra, Syzygium courtallense (Gamble) Alston, Syzygium gambleanum Rathakr. & V. Chithra, Toxocarpus beddomei Gamble March 3, 2011
Tripura Stichoneuron membranaceum Hook.f February 3, 2011
Uttarakhand Aconitum balfourii Stapf, Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle, Aconitum violaceum Jacquem. ex Stapf, Butea pellita Prain, Cyathea spinulosa Wall. ex Hook., Diplomeris hirsuta (Lindl.) Lindl., Eremostachys superba Royle ex Benth., Gentiana kurroo Royle, Indopiptadenia oudhensis (Brandis) Brenan, Nardostachys grandiflora DC., Pinguicula alpina L., Schrebera swietenioides Roxb., Trachycarpus takil Becc., Turpinia nepalensis Wall April 15,, 2019
West Bengal Hibiscus fragrans Roxburgh, Streptocaulon sylvestre Wight April 7, 2010

Authority and appropriate synonyms as per The Plant List (www.theplantlist.org), International Plant Names Index (IPNI; www.ipni.org) and India Biodiversity Portal (indiabiodiversity.org)