FLORISTIC REGIONS OF INDIA

Depending on the geo-climatic conditions, the flora of India differs from region to region and altitude to altitude. In 1937, C.C. Calder identified eight floristic regions of India (Fig. 5.1). These floristic regions are:

1. The Eastern Himalayan Region

2. The North-Western Himalayan Region

3. The Assam Region

4. The Gangetic Plain

5. The Indus Plain

6. The Deccan Region

7. The Malabar Region

8. Andaman and Nicobar Islands