Abstract

As a precursor to the preparation of 'Kerala flora', a complete list of taxonomic references pertaining to the flowering plants of Kerala State, India, is presented in this paper. This cover, apart from references gathered during this search, several other bibliographies published earlier for this part of the country or for India as a whole. This bibliography will serve as a single, ready reference, to throw light on the present state of knowledge on the angiosperm flora of Kerala. Coupled with the enumeration of all the plants taxa added to Gamgle's Flora of the Presidency of Madras (1915-35) from the South Indian States of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Predesh, published by the author earlier, this bibliography will facilitate, to a great extent, in bringing out an up-to-date and complete flora of the State of Kerala which is an immediate necessity. Altogether 544 references are given in this bibliography