https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=ncf-nrp-plants-surveys Plant occurences in southern Nilgiris Arunachala Skaria Gamuz Nature Conservation Foundation

Mysuru Karnataka 570017 IN

0009-0000-3357-0489 A. P. Madhavan Nature Conservation Foundation

1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage Mysuru Karnataka 570017 IN

0009-0009-2754-8256 Navendu Page Thackeray Wildlife Foundation

Kolhapur Maharashtra 416001 IN

0000-0002-9413-7571 2026-03-12 eng Plant species recorded during field surveys in four localities trails in the southern Nilgiris, India. The localities were surveyed on foot and all species of trees and notable shrubs and herbs were recorded. The first locality was in the Manar estate region, a second in Cammandu Shola Reserved Forest, a third in Thaishola, and the fourth trail was in the Pillur region (Melur Slopes Reserved Forest, Coimbatore Division), all within the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml The Nilgiris tropical montane evergreen forest shola mesic savanna tropical dry deciduous forests Western Ghats plant diversity n/a Additional records of plants, fungi, and other animal species from the study area are recorded on iNaturalist in the project "Biodiversity of the Craigmore Landscape" https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-the-craigmore-landscape This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html CC-BY-4.0 Deciduous forests, patchy mesic savanna, semi-evergreen forests, and montane evergreen forests of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India, were surveyed. Surveyed locations spanned a wide elevation range from c. 500 m to c. 2200 m above sea level 76.617368 76.766757 11.276616 11.213966 2025-01-10 2025-09-25 Notable trees, shrubs and herbs recorded in the areas order Celastrales family Clusiaceae family Hypericaceae family Lamiaceae family Malvaceae family Araliaceae family Oxalidaceae family Pittosporaceae order Dipsacales order Cucurbitales family Malpighiaceae order Dioscoreales order Asterales family Ehretiaceae order Aquifoliales order Cardiopteridales family Elaeagnaceae family Cordiaceae family Staphyleaceae family Ranunculaceae family Rutaceae order Ericales family Arecaceae family Oleaceae family Theaceae family Sabiaceae order Poales order Malpighiales family Ulmaceae family Araceae family Phyllanthaceae family Polygonaceae family Plumbaginaceae family Daphniphyllaceae family Loranthaceae class Liliopsida family Santalaceae family Stemonuraceae order Boraginales family Fabaceae family Capparaceae order Lamiales family Orchidaceae family Urticaceae order Caryophyllales family Menispermaceae order Gnetales family Verbenaceae family Magnoliaceae family Aristolochiaceae order Rosales order Piperales family Ebenaceae order Brassicales family Symplocaceae order Sapindales order Gentianales order Magnoliales family Zingiberaceae family Pentaphylacaceae family Calophyllaceae order Santalales family Smilacaceae family Begoniaceae family Cannabaceae family Myrtaceae order Crossosomatales family Ochnaceae family Gnetaceae family Thymelaeaceae family Loganiaceae phylum Tracheophyta family Putranjivaceae family Aquifoliaceae family Burseraceae family Rhamnaceae family Sapindaceae family Meliaceae family Acanthaceae family Rosaceae kingdom Plantae order Arecales family Cyperaceae family Elaeocarpaceae family Vitaceae order Alismatales class Magnoliopsida family Bignoniaceae family Lentibulariaceae family Asparagaceae family Piperaceae order Laurales order Ranunculales class Gnetopsida family Simaroubaceae order Myrtales order Asparagales family Melastomataceae family Hernandiaceae order Zingiberales family Ericaceae order Malvales family Rubiaceae family Icacinaceae family Caprifoliaceae family Lauraceae family Achariaceae order Proteales family Viburnaceae family Moraceae order Liliales order Vitales family Berberidaceae order Icacinales order Fabales order Saxifragales family Combretaceae family Erythroxylaceae family Primulaceae family Dioscoreaceae family Apocynaceae family Sapotaceae family Linaceae family Celastraceae order Oxalidales family Asteraceae family Salicaceae family Anacardiaceae family Euphorbiaceae family Annonaceae order Apiales We thank Craigmore Plantations (India) Pvt Ltd for supporting this work and the field surveys. notPlanned Arunachala Skaria Gamuz Nature Conservation Foundation

Mysuru Karnataka 570017 IN

0009-0000-3357-0489 T. R. Shankar Raman Nature Conservation Foundation Senior Scientist

1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage Mysuru Karnataka 570017 IN

trsr@ncf-india.org 0000-0002-1347-3953 Data from multiple localities were combined and R was used to prepare the data in CSV files according to the GBIF Darwin Core format. The study was carried out within the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India, mainly in areas around Kolakamby and in Thaishola area. Between January and September 2025, four localities spanning a wide range of forest types were surveyed on foot multiple times by observers. All tree species and notable shrubs and herbs were recorded on an opportunistic basis. Trees were directly identified in the field or herbarium specimens collected to identify using field guides cited in identification references. Taxa that could not be identified to species were identified to Genus or Family, or occasionally higher taxa. Species names were updated to GBIF taxonomy using the species name matching tool. Arunachala Skaria Gamuz 0009-0000-3357-0489 principalInvestigator A.P. Madhavan 0009-0009-2754-8256 author Divya Mudappa 0000-0001-9708-4826 author T. R. Shankar Raman 0000-0002-1347-3953 author Navendu Page 0000-0002-9413-7571 author Our research and restoration programme focuses on the region’s unique, biologically diverse forests and grasslands in The Nilgiris, Western Ghats, India. This is part of the Western Ghats program of the Nature Conservation Foundation, India. We gratefully acknowledge support from Craigmore Plantations (India) Pvt Ltd. The study was carried out within the southern part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in and around the town of Kolakamby and Craigmore estates, including Melur Slopes Reserved Forest, Coimbatore Division, in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Four localities were surveyed and they spanned a wide elevation range from c.500 m to c. 2200 m above sea level. The species identity of all trees and botanically notable shrub and herb species in the four localities were recorded and identified by the observers. 2026-03-12T12:22:47.201+00:00 dataset Gamuz A S, Madhavan A P, Page N (2026). Occurrence of plant species in areas around Kolacamby in the southern Nilgiris, India. Version 1.0. Nature Conservation Foundation. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=ncf-nrp-plants-surveys&v=1.0