List of threatened plants in tamilnadu hills?

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ORCHIDACEAE

Bulbophyllum acutiflorum Rare Nilgiris, Octacamund and Coonoor.

1500-2000 m.

Bulbophyllum albidum Rare Nilgiri, Kotagiri, St.Catherines falls,

Tirunelveli: Kannikatti. 1500-2000 m.

Bulbophyllum kaitiense Vulnerable Nilgiris; endemic.

Chrysoglossum hallbergiiIndeterminate Peninsular India. Endemic to the High

Wavy Mountains of Madura dist. 1500 m.

Coelogyne mossiae Vulnerable Nilgiri, Puney hills.

Corymborkis veratifolia Rare Nilgiri. Endemic. 2000 m.

Eria albiflora Rare -

Habenaria barnesii Rare Peninsular India; Endemic to Southern

Western Ghats. Idduki & Nilgiri. 1500-2000 m.

Liparis biloba Vulnerable Nilgiris: Kollimund. 2225 m.

Vanda wigjtii Possibly Extinct Peninsular India: Endemic to Nilgiri hills

of the Western Ghats.

PERIPLOCACEAE

Utleria salicifolia Endangered Poonachi, Tarakadavu valley in Anamalai

hills, Coimbtore. 600-1500 m.

POACEAE

Eriochrysis rangacharii Presumed Extinct Paikara (Nilgiri district). Endemic.

PODOSTEMACEAE

Indotristicha tirunelveliana Rare/ Vulnerable Southern Western Ghats (Tirunelveli

hills).

RANUNCULACEAE

Clematis theobromina Rare Nilgiri (Coonoor, Korakundha,

Naduvattum). 1800-2400 m.

ROSACEAE

Cotoneaster buxifolius Vulnerable Nilgiri, Pulney and Kodaikanal hills, Nilgiri

hills. 1525-4040 m.

RUBIACEAE

Acranthera grandiflora Endangered Tirunelveli. Endemic.

Hedyotis albonervia Endangered Tirunelveli district. 200 m.

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Hedyotis barberi Vulnerable Tamil Nadu. Endemic. 1500 m.

Hedyotis buxifolia Rare -

Hedyotis cyanantha Rare -

Hedyotis eualata Rare Endemic. 1400 m.

Hedyotis hirsutissima Presumed Extinct Tamil Nadu. Endemic.

Hedyotis ramarowii Vulnerable Tamil Nadu. Endemic.

Hedyotis swersioides Rare Endemic. 1500-2000 m.

Ophiorrhiza brunonis Presumed Extinct Endemic to hills of South India.

930-2150 m.

Ophiorrhiza pykarensis Possibly Extinct Nilgiri hills. 2000-2500 m.

Orchreinauclea missionis Vulnerable 600-2000 m.