Centre
for Floristic Research (CFR)
offers research
programmes as part of department of Plant Biology and Plant
Biotechnology at
graduate, M. Phil and Ph. D. levels. As part of the curriculum M.Sc and
M.Phil
students have documented plant diversity of Protected Areas including
community
protected Sacred Groves. Two of the thesis submitted from this centre
have been
recognized as the best thesis of the year and have been awarded
Prof.R. Kalyanasundaram memorial prize.
New
taxa described by
staff and students of CFR
Polycarpaea
corymbosa
(L.) Lam. var. longipetala
Sriniv. & D. Naras.
Premna
latifolia
Roxb. var. henryi D. Naras.
Anoectochilus narasimhanii
Sumathi, Jayanthi,
Karthig. & Sreek.
Rediscovery
Syzygium
gambleanum
Rathakr. & Chithra
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