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Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune, India:
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Ashish N. Nerlekar, Sairandhri A. Lapalikar, Akshay A. Onkar,
S.L. Laware & M.C. Mahajan
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Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune, India: monitoring
changes over half a century
Ashish N. Nerlekar 1, Sairandhri A. Lapalikar 2, Akshay A. Onkar 3, S.L. Laware 4 &
M.C. Mahajan 5
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ISSN 0974-7893 (Print)
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1,2,3,4,5
Department of Botany, Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India
Current address: Department of Biodiversity, M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India
1
ashishadmirerofficus@gmail.com (corresponding author), 2 sairu1993@gmail.com, 3 onkarakshay@yahoo.in,
4
laware_sl@yahoo.com, 5 minakshi7mahajan@gmail.com
Abstract: The present study was aimed at determining the vascular plant species richness of an urban green-space- the Fergusson College
campus, Pune and comparing it with the results of the past flora which was documented in 1958 by Dr. V.D. Vartak. For this, the species
richness data was obtained by both secondary sources and intensive surveys from 2009–2014. The data from the primary and secondary
sources resulted in the documentation of 812 species belonging to 542 genera under 124 families, of which 534 species (65.8%) exists
today as compared to 654 in 1958 (net loss of 120 species). Of the 812 species listed, 278 species were observed only during the past, 210
species were exclusively recorded in the current survey and 324 species were observed both, in the past as well as current survey. Arboreal
species richness recorded till date (196) in the campus accounts for 40.7% of that of the entire Pune City. Leguminosae and Poaceae
were the dominant dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous families respectively and an inventory of all the species recorded is provided.
Although the botanical garden over the past years has lost 187 species, it still houses rare species such as Acacia greggii, which has been
reported from Maharashtra for the first time. Considering the rapidly changing urban land use in the city, much attention should be paid
towards the conservation of these green spaces, for which such studies provide baseline data.
Keywords: Pune, urban green-scape, floristics, Fergusson College, checklist
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.1950.8.2.8452-8487
Editor: N.P. Balakrishnan, Retd. Joint Director, BSI, Coimbatore, India.
Date of publication: 26 February 2016 (online & print)
Manuscript details: Ms # 1950 | Received 17 April 2015 | Final received 10 February 2016 | Finally accepted 11 February 2016
Citation: Nerlekar, A.N., S.A. Lapalikar, A.A. Onkar, S.L. Laware & M.C. Mahajan (2016). Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune, India: monitoring changes over
half a century. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(2): 8452–8487; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.1950.8.2.8452-8487
Copyright: © Nerlekar et al. 2016. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. JoTT allows unrestricted use of this article in any medium, reproduction
and distribution by providing adequate credit to the authors and the source of publication.
Funding: Partially funded by College with Potential for Excellence grants (under UGC) awarded to the Department of Botany, Fergusson College, Pune.
Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
Author Details: Ashish Nerlekar is interested in urban biodiversity, plant taxonomy, ecology and is currently working on the ecology of a threatened plant
Jatropha nana. Sairandhri Lapalikar is pursuing studies focusing on plant community ecology and is currently working on the characterization of microhabitats of
the rock-outcrops around Lonavala, Maharashtra. Akshay Onkar studies the ethnobotany and flora of eastern Maharashtra and is also interested is socio-political
aspects of conservation and biodiversity. Shankar Laware incorporates interdisciplinary approach in research, and has come up with several novel applications.
Minakshi Mahajan is interested in angiosperm taxonomy and has worked on extensive documentation of the arboreal flora of Fergusson College campus.
Author Contribution: ANN, SAL conceived the study and collated data. ANN, AAO, SAL, SLL conducted field work, SLL and MCM provided past records, ANN wrote
the paper.
Acknowledgments: The present work was partially funded by CPE grants (under UGC) awarded to the Department of Botany, Fergusson College, Pune. We wish
to thank Ashwin Warudkar and Gaurang Gowande for assisting during the fieldwork. Thanks are also due to Prof. S.B. Nalavade, Dr. A.C. Inamdar, Dr. P.S. Karekar,
Dr. D.K. Kulkarni, Dr. A. Watve, Dr. A. Patwardhan, Dr. J.T. Pandkar and Dr. B.P. Shinde for providing valuable inputs during the study. We acknowledge the help
of Dr. G.G. Potdar, S. Ingalhalikar, Dr. U.S. Yadav and Dr. M.N. Datar for the identification of some specimens. We also wish to extend our gratitude towards the
authorities of Agharkar Research Institute, Pune and the Department of Botany, University of Pune for allowing the referencing of herbarium specimens and
library facility. We are grateful to Mrs. S.S. Kate (Head, Botany Department) and Dr. R.G. Pardeshi (Principal, Fergusson College) for laboratory facilities and
encouragement during the present study.
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INTRODUCTION
With the increase in urbanization, studies focusing
on urban ecology have developed rapidly in recent
years (Celesti-Grapow 2006). Within urban ecosystems,
themes like the flora in and around human settlements
have been in the lime light in recent decades (Pyšek
1998; Aronson et al. 2014). Floristically, cities have been
observed to be richer than adjoining areas owing to high
habitat heterogeneity as well as the presence of exotic
species (Pyšek 1998; Chocholoušková 2003). In cities,
urban green spaces are of great importance because of
the multiple ecosystem services they provide (Nehru et
al. 2012) and may exist in the form of domestic, public
or botanical gardens, unused fields, woodlands (Smith
et al. 2006; Primack & Miller-Rushing 2009; Kitha & Lyth
2011), campuses of educational institutes (Suresh & Bhat
2000) or urban forests/ wildscapes (Joshi & Kumbhojkar
1997; Nerlekar & Kulkarni 2015).
Flora around the city of Pune (formerly Poona) has
been indirectly dealt with in pioneering works on the flora
of western India such as Graham (1839), Nairne (1894),
Talbot (1894), Woodrow (1897–1898), Cooke (1903–08),
Blatter & McCann (1935), Dalzell & Gibson (1861) along
with several regional studies like Burns & Chakradev
(1921), Narayanayya (1928), Garland (1931), Razi (1952),
Vartak (1959a,b,c), Gunjatkar & Vartak (1982), Vartak
& Ghate (1983), and Ghate (1993). The compilations
available for floristic diversity of Maharashtra State
also partly and indirectly deal with Pune City’s flora
(Almeida 1996–2009; Lakshminarasimhan 1996; Singh &
Karthikeyan 2000; Singh et al. 2001; Lakshminarasimhan
et al. 2012). Studies including Ezekiel (1917–1918),
Phadnis (1925), Burns (1931), Puri & Mahajan (1958),
Vartak (1958a, b; 1962, 1964), Puri & Jain (1960),
Varadpande (1974), Ghate & Vartak (1981), Bonde
(1988), Kulkarni et al. (1989), Nagare et al. (1990), Joshi
et al. (1992, 1994), Kulkarni & Kumbhojkar (1995), Joshi
& Kumbhojkar (1997), Datar & Ghate (2006), Patwardhan
& Gandhe (2000–2001), Ranade (2000–2001), Punalekar
et al. (2010), Ingalhalikar & Barve (2010), and Nerlekar
& Kulkarni (2015) deal with the city flora more directly.
Fergusson College is one such green space located
in Pune City, the detailed campus flora of which was
studied by late Dr. V.D. Vartak, only the analysis of
which was published (Vartak 1958a). This flora was
supplemented by articles including Vartak (1959d; 1960)
and indirect records also exist about the campus flora
(Deshpande 1938; Vartak 1957, 1959b,c,e,f, 1964; Vartak
& Ghate 1983; Joshi & Kumbhojkar 1997; Nalavade
2001; Patwardhan & Gandhe 2000–2001; Ingalhalikar
Nerlekar et al.
& Barve 2010). After Vartak’s analysis was published in
1958, no systematic efforts were made to monitor the
floristic changes in the campus. Thus, the aim of the
present study was to understand the changes in the
flora over more than five decades since the publication
of the first study. For this, we assessed the total current
species richness in the campus and compared it with the
1958 results. Also, a detailed unified inventory of all the
vascular plants that are recorded till date in the campus
is provided with notes about historical status, rarity, and
ecological remarks.
STUDY AREA
Fergusson College (run by the Deccan Education
Society and named after Sir James Fergusson, the then
Governor of Bombay) was formally inaugurated on
2 January 1885. The foundation stone of the present
college campus was laid in 1892, which only comprised
the main building back then (Limaye 1935). The late
Wrangler R.P. Paranjpye once described the landscape
as “bare land which did not produce even decent grass
during the rainy season’’ (Limaye 1935). At that time,
the study area was isolated from the main city and
sustained stunted scrub vegetation, which is evident
from archival photographs and literature. Fergusson
College campus is located in Pune City, Maharashtra,
India (18031’17.75”N & 73050’20.17”E) with a 109acre area (Fig. 1). The campus can be divided into two
sections: the main campus which consists of century old
gothic-styled buildings and forms a woodland ecosystem
at present with well grown tall to moderate sized trees
intermixed with herbaceous growth, both native and
exotic in nature.
The second section is the Fergusson Hill that lies
towards the west of the main campus. This hill was once
connected to the adjoining larger Vetal hill-complex, but
was fragmented due to the construction of the Senapati
Bapat road in the 1960s (Nalavade 2001). The original
vegetation type of the hill is tropical southern dry mixed
deciduous (Type 5A/C3) as classified by Champion &
Seth (1968) with the underlying rock being basalt. The
perennial Mutha left bank canal used to flow through
the college campus till the 1970s but has since then
become defunct after the Panshet flood which affected
thousands during 1961 (Fig. 2). The remnants of the
canal in the form of depressions and small bridges are
still seen on campus.
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Figure 1. Study area with prominent landmarks (2014). College campus outlined in black and adjoining roads in white.
METHODS
The entire work was undertaken from June 2009–
December 2014. For the first two years (June 2009– May
2011), the surveys were opportunistic in nature, but from
June 2011 onwards upto December 2014, extensive and
well-planned efforts were made. The study was divided
into two sections:
a) Primary data- obtained from extensive and
exhaustive ground surveys where on an average, from
June 2011– December 2014, each field session lasted for
about 2hr for three such days a week and thus about
1000+hr effort for three years (assuming four weeks per
month and not counting the efforts from June 2009 to
May 2011). Efforts for other projects in the same study
area overlapped with the present work and thus the
exact number of hours spent are rather difficult to arrive
at.
Specimens were identified on the field following
Cooke (1903–1908), Lakshminarasimhan (1996), Singh
& Karthikeyan (2000), Singh et al. (2001), Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010), and Potdar et al. (2012). Garden exotics
were confirmed from the online database of Flowers
of India (2014) and also from experts (acknowledged).
Only doubtful specimens were collected for critical
examination in the laboratory. All the scientific and
family names were checked using The Plant List (2014).
Specimens were processed for mounting following
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Figure 2. Study area with prominent landmarks (from Limaye 1935).
Notice the Mutha canal marked in the map. Also, the point marked
as ‘khind’ represents the present day Senapati Bapat road that led
to fragmentation of this hill.
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standard protocol (Jain & Rao 1977) and voucher
specimens of selected species are deposited in the
herbarium of the Botany department, Fergusson College
and a few rare ones at BSI (WRC).
b) Secondary data- extensive literature surveys
were carried out and all publications that mention
plants from the campus are extracted and cited.
Simultaneously, herbarium data from the herbarium of
Agharkar Research Institute (AHMA), the Herbarium of
Botany Department, Pune University and the Herbarium
of Botany Department, Fergusson College were
extracted. Current and past faculties as well as students
from the Botany Department of Fergusson College were
also consulted for additional inputs.
A comprehensive checklist was drafted on uniting
the data from all the aforementioned sources, which
includes current as well as past status of occurrence for
each species. This assessment was done for all vascular
plants including gymnosperms as well as pteridophytes.
Lower cryptogams including algae and fungi were not
assessed, but a brief literature review is presented.
RESULTS
A total of 812 species belonging to 542 genera under
124 families in total have been recorded in the past as
well as present. Out of these, 534 species (belonging to
397 genera and 99 families) are currently present in the
campus as revealed in the 2011–2014 survey (Fig. 3).
The detailed inventory of the species is provided in Table
1 and some peculiar species are depicted in Images 1–3.
Overall, trees are represented by 196 species and the
rest of the species (616) are non-woody. Of all the 196
trees, 105 (53.6%) are native and the rest exotic. Pune
City houses about 482 arboreal species (Ingalhalikar
& Barve 2010) and arboreal species richness of the
Fergusson campus till date accounts for almost 40.7%
of Pune City’s richness. Out of these total 196 trees,
152 species still exist on campus. Out of the total 812
species documented, 278 species that were observed in
the past could not be seen during the current survey.
Two-hundred-and-ten species were exclusively recorded
in the current survey, which were not recorded earlier
and 324 species were observed in the past as well as
during the current surveys. Leguminosae was found to
be the dominant family in dicotyledons and Poaceae in
monocotyledons. A comparative species composition
account of the analysis by Vartak (1958a) with the current
survey of selected families is provided in Fig.4. However,
the results may not be comparable in the true sense as
the methodology followed by the earlier researchers
might not be exactly replicated and the present findings
are rather baseline broader-level indicative changes and
minor intricacies might need to be amended in the near
future.
Special mention should be made of two species from
the campus: Syzygium heyneanum (Duthie) Gamble
Comparative species composition of selected families
Comparative results
Figure 3. Comparitive floristic analysis of the present and past flora.
P.S.- The recent taxonomic changes have not been incorporated
in the analysis of Vartak (1958) due to absence of raw data and
thus the values are not ammended. Thus this comparison should
not be considered as final unless the two datasets are comparable
taxonomically.
Figure 4. Comparitive analysis of selected families from the campus.
Most dominant families have been selected for the comparision.
We hereby take into account the recent taxonomic changes as
follows: Papilionaceae,
Caesalpiniaceae and Mimosaceae have
been merged to a broader Leguminosae; Malvaceae, Tiliaceae,
Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae are included in the broadly defined
Malvaceae; Euphorbiaceae, Putranjivaceae and Phyllanthaceae
have been retained in Euphorbiaceae for the sake of comparision.
have not been included due
Lamiaceae, Verbenaceae and Liliaceae
to recent taxonomic changes that render a comparison impossible
without knowing the raw data of Vartak (1958a).
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Species with maximum citations
Figure 5. Species with total citations+herbarium records exceeding five have been depicted for the sake of reresentation here. The No.
of herbarium records indicate the number of herbaria in which sheets of the respective species are present or occur out of the consulted
herbaria.
plants that are probably the only surviving specimens
within Pune City (S. Ingalhalikar pers. comm. 2015). This
species was earlier known from Vithalwadi along the
Mula-Multha River (Ingalhalikar & Barve 2010) and all
plants around Pune were destroyed in the subsequent
years due to several anthropogenic activities. Acacia
greggii A. Gray (identified by S. Ingalhalikar), an
exotic plant, has been reported for the first time from
Maharashtra. A single well grown plant is seen in the
botanical garden. During the initiative for enlisting
arboreal flora of the campus by Mahajan (2006), this
plant (with label B1/P1-157) was misidentified as
Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Wild. Several European and
American botanists used to visit the botanical garden in
its early years and we suppose that propagules of this
species were brought by them (Vartak 1981).
Out of the total 812 species documented over all, 437
species (54.5%) were also reported from the Fergusson
College Botanical Garden (FCBG) and out of these 250
(30.8%) are present today in FCBG with a loss of 187
species over time. The most cited specimens (including
the herbarium records) are represented in Fig. 5. In all, 30
publications mention species occurring in the Fergusson
campus (either indirectly or directly) which have been
cited in Table 1. The earliest publication is by Deshpande
(1938) and the most number of publications has been
recorded in the decade from 2001 to 2010 followed by
the decade from 1951 to 1960.
Even if the lower cryptogamic flora from the campus
has been excluded in the present analysis, we wish to
highlight selected publications. Pandkar (2012) reported
a rare algae Oedocladium prescottii from the soil around
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the Physics Department whereas 13 aero-algal forms
were recorded in the campus (Pandkar 2011). Pandkar
et al. (2010) explored the terrestrial and sub-aerial algal
diversity from the campus and found Cyanophyta (30
forms) to be most dominant, followed by Chlorophyta
(11 forms) and Bacillariophyta (3 forms). Vaidya et al.
(2009) reported 22 species belonging to six genera of
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from the campus.
DISCUSSION
From the results it is clear that there has been a
distinct decline in species richness over more than
50 years. Vartak (1958a) reported 654 species as
compared to the present 534 species (a loss of 120).
The arboreal species composition does not seem to be
affected significantly and instead has risen by 32 species
(from 120 in 1958 to 152 at present). It is important
to note that inspite of the changes in species richness
dominant families including Leguminosae, Malvaceae,
Apocynaceae and Euphorbiaceae have not seen drastic
fluctuations in richness whereas Orchidaceae and
Asteraceae do show a negative trend while Poaceae
has shown additions. The species which were cited
maximally (Fig.5) belonged to either two categories—
ones which were/are locally rare such as Parmentiera
cereifera Seem., Sterculia guttata Roxb., Elaeocarpus
ganitrus Roxb. ex G.Don, Encephalartos sp., and those
which are relatively common introduced exotics like
Albizia saman (Jacq.) Merr., Sterculia foetida L., Ceiba
pentandra(L.) Gaertn. and Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.
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Image 1. A - Acacia greggii; B - Chrysophyllum cainito;
C - Schleichera oleosa; D - Syzygium heyneanum; E - Cedrela toona;
F - Gardenia latifolia; G - Wrightia tinctoria
The 210 species which are newly recorded as additions
to the old flora are predominantly exotic ornamentals,
whereas the 278 species reported as extirpated consist
of ornamentals as well as several rare exotics and
endangered indigenous species. Even if the decade from
2001–2010 shows the maximum publications mentioning
species records from the campus, most of them either
deal with species cultivated for experimental purposes
or indirect records; whereas publications from the
period 1951–1970 deal more directly with the floristics
of the campus. The present compiliation should not be
considered as a complete enumeration of the campus
flora. We are well aware of the limitations of the present
study and families like Cyperaceae, Poaceae and some
exotic ornamentals are predicted to show more richness
on critical examination.
Vartak in his analysis of the campus flora (1958a)
had put forth his desire to compile a comprehensive
flora for the campus after collection of adequate data
in the future. The unavailability of the complete floristic
account of the campus till date has also resulted in our
lack of understanding about the vegetation that can
thrive under pronounced human influence (Ranade
G
F
Image 2. A - Adenanthera pavonina; B - Sabal palmetto;
C - Pterygota alata; D - Parmentiera cereifera; E - Dendrocalamus
giganteus; F - Senna polyphylla; G - Malpighia glabra
2000–2001). Thus the current work stands as an
important, much awaited baseline document for all
further studies with respect to the campus and we hope
that it would be updated periodically in the future.
The Fergusson Botanical garden
Botanical gardens are of tremendous research
importance as they help conserve rare, endemic
plants (Fay 1992), contribute to supplying live material
for biosystematic studies, preparation of local floras,
monographs (Naik 2000) and even climate change
research (Primack & Miller-Rushing 2009). In light of
increasing student strength, FCBG was established in
1902 by the late Prof. Shevade, the then professor of
Botany and developed later by the late Prof. D. L. Dixit
(Vartak 1958a). FCBG was once a well-known garden in
western Maharashtra complete with a rich assemblage
of rare species (Vartak 1958a; 1964; Wagh 1996), but
underwent great destruction after the Panshet flood
(1961) and the drought which followed (Vartak 1964;
Wagh 1996). FCBG once had a well-planned fernery,
rockery, a well maintained habitat for aquatic plants
along with separate sections for plants arranged
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A
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Image 3. A: Ceropegia bulbosa, B: Capparis zeylanica, C: Hiptage
madablota, D: Blepharis molluginifolia, E: Desmodium scorpiurus,
F: Leucas urticifolia, G: Crotalaria medicaginea, H: Dorstenia indica
according to families (Vartak 1958a). Apart from some
efforts in the form of infrastructure development (grants
during 1998 by the Pune-Bremen Association and during
1999 by the Department of Environment and Forests,
Govt. of India) and in 2003 during the garden’s centenary
year (Anonymous 2003), it has seen great degradation
recently (Anonymous 2002; Satam 2011) and needs to
be urgently maintained. The loss of rare and well grown
plants from the garden including Encephalartos sp.,
Garcinia livingstonei T. Anderson, Elaeocarpus ganitrus,
Dillenia indica L., Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L., Chloroxylon
swietenia DC., Eulophia pratensis Lindl. and Saccopetalum
tomentosum Hook.f. & Thomson is indeed significant.
Most of these species are also some of the most cited
ones (refer Fig. 5). Until 1996, specimens required for
undergraduate studies were grown in the garden itself
and it also provided material for the Certificate course
in Nursery Development which was functional back then
(Wagh 1996). After the establishment of postgraduate
courses at the University of Poona in 1948, FCBG sowly
started losing its importance; which is evident from
the fact that 15 to 30 gardeners were employed at
the beginning (Vartak 1981) which reduced to four by
2000 (A.C. Inamdar pers.comm. 2015). It still has some
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Image 4. A: Panoramic view of the main campus as seen from
the hill, B: Fergusson hill, C: Typical microhabitat on the hill with
Cyanotis sp., Evolvulus alsinoides, Aristida funiculata, D: Botanical
garden (FCBG), E: General view of the area around the mathematics
department
important heritage trees (for Pune City) at present for
example Acacia greggii, Araucaria cunninghamii Mudie,
Parmentiera cereifera, Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.)
Roxb., Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R.Br., Cedrela toona
Roxb.ex Rottler, Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro and
Gardenia latifolia Aiton which need to be conserved.
The herbarium of the Botany department of this college
also houses a rich collection of specimens collected from
the campus (Image 5).
The Fergusson hill
The hill today presents a mosaic of habitats with
patches of relict scrub vegetation along with plantations
(Image 4). Only some part of the southern spur of the
hill and fragmented patches of the hill top retain the
original forest type with the presence of Aristida spp.,
Dichanthium spp., Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.)
Hack., Acacia leucophloea and Flueggea leucopyrus
Willd. Mass plantations of exotics like Gliricidia sepium
(Jacq.) Walp and Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit
in the past have severely affected native diversity. The
Boswellia–Lannea–Anogeissus tree community can
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hardly be seen on the FC hill today, which is otherwise
common on adjacent hills in Pune (Nerlekar & Kulkarni
2015). Several citizens use the hill regularly everyday
for recreational activities and thus can contribute
positively towards its development. Recent unplanned
afforestation programmes also pose a threat to the
hill’s diversity and preserving the original dry-deciduous
and scrub vegetation is of urgent need. The grassland/
scrub patches are a unique ecosystem by themselves
and communicating this to the general public is of
paramount importance.
Pune City has undergone rapid changes in land
use patterns with the percentage of urban land use
shooting up from 2.96 in 1977 to 20.40 in 2013 and
a decline in vegetation (Ramachandra et al. 2014).
Urban green spaces including this college campus
are of great ecological significance as they provide
multiple ecosystem services like clean air and water,
sustain an array of wildlife, mitigate climate change,and
reduce the heat island effect (Kitha & Lyth 2011). Thus
understanding the history of biodiversity, periodic
quantitative monitoring and compilation of such urban
biota especially in tropical cities (Aronson et al. 2014)
by conducting exhaustive surveys and engaging students
in its conservation would pave the path towards
conservation of this unique urban landscape.
‘Ignorance of natural history grows in direct
proportion to the scarcity of natural areas in convenient
proximity to where people live’ (Noss 1996). Pure
sciences for instance plant taxonomy have been greatly
neglected in recent years (Abrol 2013). Also, there
has been a severe dearth of trained field botanists or
naturalists in a broader sense (Noss 1996; Sen 2013).
The decline in the willingness to carry out taxonomic
work is an outcome of the fact that taxonomy has been
underrated by universities (Venu 2002). Such baseline
data in the form of species checklists would prove to
be valuable for future conservation efforts (Check List
2015).
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
Image 5. Herbarium and photographic records: A - Elaeocarpus ganitrus; B - Haematoxylon campechianum; C - Eriobotrya japonica; D Sterculia guttata; E - Calophyllum inophyllum, F - Eulophia pratensis; G - Archival photograph of Encephalartos sp. specimen that was present
at FCBG; H - Archival photograph of Encephalartos sp (female cone); I - Crateva religiosa
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Table 1. Checklist of the vascular plants recorded in the campus till 2014. All scientific and family names follow The Plant List (2014). For each
species, occurrence record from three herbarium sources namely herbarium of Agharkar Research Institute (AHMA), herbarium of Botany
department, Fergusson College, Pune (FC*) and herbarium of Botany department, Pune University, Pune (HPU*) have been mentioned.
The past and present status has been indicated by either Y (present) or N (absent).*-not standard acronyms. Records of only completely
identified specimens have been included here except in cases where either the taxon is not reported by other sources or it is ascertained
that the two taxa are different species.
FC no.
AHMA no.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Acanthaceae
Adhatoda vasica Nees
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
Justicia adhatoda L. (accepted
name)
Andrographis echioides (L.f.) Nees
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
Rare on hills
3
Asystasia mysorensis(Roth)
T.Anderson
N
Y
4
Barleria cristata L.
N
Y
5
Barleria prionitis L.
N
Y
6
5869
Beloperone aurantiaca (Hook.)
Benth. & Hook. f.
Y
N
Justicia kuestera V.A.W. Graham
(unresolved name)
26952
Beloperone oblongata Nees
Y
N
Justicia plumbaginifolia J.Jacq.
(unresolved)
Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.)
B. Heyne ex Roth
N
Y
Seen at hill-base
1
2
221
8473
7
5825
8
On hill
9
4890
5879
Blepharis molluginifolia Pers.
Y
Y
Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E. Mey. &
Drège ex Schinz (accepted name).
On hill
10
8333
5892
Crossandra undulifolia Salisb.
Y
Y
Crossandra infundibuliformis (L.)
Nees (accepted name)
11
7936
5893
Dianthera secunda (Vahl) Griseb.
Y
N
Justicia secunda Vahl (acepted
name)
12
Dicliptera paniculata (Forssk.)
I. Darbysh.
N
Y
Peristrophe paniculata (Forssk.)
Brummitt (synonym)
13
Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl)
Vollesen
N
Y
Around Kimaya
14
Haplanthus nilgherrensis Wight
N
Y
15
Hemigraphis repanda (L.) Hallier f.
N
Y
16
12534
Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.
Y
Y
Justicia heterocarpa T. Anderson
N
Y
6011
Justicia micrantha (Oerst.)
V.A.W. Graham
Y
N
6016
Justicia procumbens L.
Y
N
6028
Justicia quinqueangularis
K.D. Koenig ex Roxb.
Y
N
6007
17
18
5755
19
20
As a hedge plant
Justicia japonica Thunb. (acepted
name)
21
3616
Justicia simplex D. Don
Y
N
22
10316
Lepidagathis cristata Willd.
Y
Y
Name unresolved. Seen on hill
Name unresolved. Thunbergia
hawtayneana Wall. (unresolved
name)
23
9353
24
25
10249
26
Meyenia hawtayneana Nees
Y
N
Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum
(A. Gray) F.T. Hubb. ex L.H. Bailey
N
Y
Ruellia patula Jacq.
Y
N
Ruellia simplex C. Wright
N
Y
6113
Ruellia tuberosa L.
Y
N
4456
6145
Sanchezia nobilis Hook.
Y
N
4030
6146
Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims
Y
N
6148
Thunbergia erecta (Benth.)
T. Anderson
Y
N
Meyenia erecta Benth. (synonym)
31
Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.
N
Y
Occasional on hedges
32
Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex
Rottl.) Roxb.
N
Y
27
3687
28
29
30
8462
4056
Growing around main building
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AHMA no.
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HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Acoraceae
33
8213
Acorus calamus L.
Y
N
Vartak (1959c),
Vartak (1981)
Vartak (1959c)
Amaranthaceae
34
3921
26220
35
36
Achyranthes aspera L.
Y
Y
Aerva lanata (L.) Juss.
Y
N
Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze
N
Y
37
9304
26204
Alternanthera pungens Kunth
Y
N
38
4006
26213
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br.
ex DC.
Y
Y
21449
Amaranthus caudatus L.
Y
N
26218
Amaranthus paniculatus L.
Y
N
26208
Amaranthus spinosus L.
Y
Y
Amaranthus tricolor L.
Y
N
Amaranthus viridis L.
Y
Y
39
40
5363
41
42
43
9439
44
10339
Atriplex hortensis L.
Y
N
45
9648
Celosia argentea L.
Y
N
46
_
Chenopodium album L.
Y
N
47
9848
Digera arvensis Forssk.
Y
N
48
4995
6721
Gomphrena celosioides Mart.
Y
N
49
9292
6728
Gomphrena globosa L.
Y
Y
Abundant
Around Maths department
Weed
Amaranthus cruentus L. (accepted
name)
Vartak (1959c)
Digera muricata (L.) Mart. (accepted
name)
Amaryllidaceae
Allium cepa L.
N
Y
51
215
Crinum asiaticum L.
Y
Y
52
4452
Haemanthus katharinae Baker
Y
Y
Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb.
N
Y
Zephyranthes rosea Lindl.
Y
Y
50
53
54
14181
Scadoxus multiflorus subsp.
katharinae (Baker) Friis & Nordal
(accepted name)
Anacardiaceae
55
1309
Anacardium occidentale L.
Y
N
56
1312
Buchanania lanzan Spreng.
Y
N
57
1327
Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.)
Merr.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Nalavade (2001)
1330
Mangifera indica L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Rhus mysorensis G.Don
N
Y
Annona muricata L.
Y
N
Vartak (1959c, d,
1964), Patwardhan
& Gandhe
(2000–01)
58
510
59
Vartak (1959c)
Planted at staff quarters by
G.V. Kelkar (P.S. Karekar pers. comm.
2015)
Buchanania cochinchinensis (Lour.)
M.R. Almeida (accepted name)
Occasional on hill and one specimen
at FCBG
Unresolved name , on hill
Annonaceae
60
00065
61
9857
Annona reticulata L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c,
1964)
62
351
Annona squamosa L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c,
1964)
63
8335
Artabotrys odoratissimus R.Br.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
64
8281
Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.)
Thwaites
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
00075
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Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.)
Bhandari (accepted name)
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FC no.
AHMA no.
7966
00079,
00073
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Saccopetalum tomentosum
Hook. f. & Thomson
Past
Present References
Y
N
Y
Y
Vartak (1959d,
1964)
Remarks
Name unresolved, Uvaria tomentosa
Roxb., Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.)
J. Sinclair (unresolved synonyms).
Miliusa indica Lesch. ex A. DC.
considered as synonym
Apiaceae
66
3394
Coriandrum sativum L.
67
3401
Daucus carota L.
Y
N
68
3404
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Y
Y
Apocynaceae
69
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem.
& Schult.
N
Y
70
Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c,
1964, 1981)
An old specimen on footpath (once
inside FCBG)
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
Seen inside main circle in 2014
71
7405
Asclepias curassavica L.
72
124b
Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand.
Y
Y
Carissa carandas L.
N
Y
73
Around Botany Department
74
118
4642
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don
Y
Y
75
3746
4646
Cerbera odollam Gaertn.
Y
N
Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb.
N
Y
Rare on hill. Lepidopteran pests
seen damaging entire plant
76
77
4038
Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. &
Schult.
Y
Y
Cryptolepis dubia (Burm. f.) M.R.
Almeida (accepted name). Seen at
hill base
78
45
Cryptostegia grandiflora Roxb. ex
R.Br.
Y
Y
Around boys hostel, physics
department
79
2687
Cynanchum callialatum Buch.-Ham.
ex Wight
Y
N
Cynanchum tunicatum (Retz.)
Alston
N
Y
Around maths department
Daemia extensa R.Br.
Y
N
Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov.
(accepted name)
82
Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Benth. ex
Hook.f.
N
Y
On hill
83
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br. ex
Schult.
N
Y
84
Holarrhena antidysenterica (Roth)
Wall. ex A.DC.
80
81
129
85
86
4430
Y
N
4666
Kopsia fruticosa (Roxb.) A.DC.
Y
N
4668
Nerium indicum Mill.
Y
Y
Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F. Hansen
& Wunderlin
N
Y
87
88
Plumeria acutifolia Poir.
Y
Y
89
Plumeria alba L.
N
Y
90
Plumeria obtusa L.
N
Y
91
Plumeria pudica Jacq.
N
Y
92
116
4676
93
94
124
4694
95
96
97
98
8464
7934
24543
Rauvolfia canescens L.
Y
Y
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth.
ex Kurz
Y
N
Sarcostemma stocksii Hook. f.
Y
N
Tabernaemontana citrifolia L.
Y
N
Tabernaemontana coronaria (Jacq.)
Willd.
Y
Y
Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.
Schum.
Y
Y
Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
N
Y
Around Maths department
Vartak (1964),
Mahajan (2006)
Holarrhena pubescens Wall. ex G.
Don (accepted name)
Nerium oleander L. (accepted name)
Vartak (1964)
Plumeria rubra L. (accepted name)
Occasional in campus
Mahajan (2006)
Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.)
R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. (accepted
name)
Vartak (1964)
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
(accepted name)
Rare, only at FCBG.
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99
FC no.
AHMA no.
2044
4696
100
101
4702
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Vallaris heynei Spreng.
Y
Y
Vallaris solanacea (Roth) Kuntze
(accepted name). Rare, at FCBG
Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb.
N
Y
Rare, a shrub only seen behind
geology department
Wrightia tinctoria R. Br.
Y
Y
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
at FCBG
Araceae
8262
Aglaonema nitidum (Jack) Kunth
Y
N
8263
Anthurium ×macrolobium hort. ex
W. Bull
Y
N
104
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
N
Y
105
Dieffenbachia amoena Bull.
N
Y
106
Epipremnum aureum (Linden &
André) G.S. Bunting
N
Y
107
Lemnaminor L.
N
Y
102
103
108
109
114
26241
110
Monstera deliciosa Liebm.
N
Y
Pistia stratiotes L.
Y
Y
Sauromatum venosum (Dryand. ex
Aiton) Kunth
Y
N
111
Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel
N
Y
112
Syngonium podophyllum Schott
N
Y
Unresolved name
Cultivated in ponds
Cultivated in ponds
Araliaceae
113
8469
Heptapleurum venulosum (Wight &
Arn.) Seem.
Y
N
Schefflera venulosa (Wight & Arn.)
Harms (accepted name)
114
1243
Hydrocotyle asiatica L.
Y
Y
Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. (accepted
name)
Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.)
Harms
N
Y
Schefflera arboricola (Hayata) Merr.
N
Y
Schefflera roxburghii Gamble
Y
N
115
116
26121,
26122
117
Araucariaceae
118
Araucaria cunninghamii Mudie
Y
Y
119
Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.)
Franco
N
Y
Areca catechu L.
Y
Y
Caryota urens L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
Rare, in FCBG
Arecaceae
120
121
220
122
3726
Vartak (1959c,
1964)
Cocos nucifera L.
Y
Y
123
Dypsis decaryi (Jum.) Beentje &
J.Dransf.
N
Y
124
Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendl.)
Beentje & J. Dransf.
N
Y
125
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
N
Y
Rare, one specimen at central
garden
Oreodoxa regia Kunth
Y
Y
Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook
(accepted name)
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.
N
Y
Around IMDR
128
Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) Henry
N
Y
129
Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex
Schult. & Schult. f.
126
8200
9349
127
Y
Y
Aristolochia fimbriata Cham.
Y
N
Aristolochia ornithocephala Hook.
Y
N
Ghate (1987)
Rare, planted around IMDR
Cultivated as ornamental
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
Rare, one specimen at central
garden
Aristolochiaceae
130
131
3908
6846
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Aristolochia labiata Willd. (accepted
name)
8465
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FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Asparagaceae
132
9413
133
134
8511
135
136
Agave americana L.
Y
Y
Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth)
Jessop
N
Y
Asparagus racemosus Willd.
Y
Y
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
N
Y
Asparagus virgatus Baker
Y
N
137
Beaucarnea recurvata Lem.
N
Y
138
Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.)
Jacques
N
Y
Chlorophytum glaucum Dalzell
Y
N
Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.
Y
Y
139
218
140
141
Dracaena marginata hort.
N
Y
142
Dracaena reflexa Lam.
N
Y
143
Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.
N
Y
144
Ledebouria revoluta (L. f.) Jessop
N
Y
7865
Polianthes tuberosa L.
Y
Y
8065
Ruscus aculeatus L.
Y
N
147
Ruscus hypoglossum L.
N
Y
148
Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex
Hook.
N
Y
149
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain
N
Y
150
Yucca aloifolia L.
Y
Y
Acanthospermum hispidum DC.
Y
Y
Ageratum conyzoides (L.) L.
Y
Y
Artemisia japonica Thunb.
N
Y
26252
Artemisia pallens Wall. ex DC.
Y
N
26334
Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. &
Sherff
Y
Y
Blainvillea latifolia (L.f.) DC.
Y
Y
145
146
3788
At FCBG
material also
collected from FC
for Mahabale &
Inamdar (1975)
(A.C. Inamdar pers.
comm. 2015)
Vartak (1964)did not specify
species.
Seen on hill, population reducing
Around maths department
Mahajan (2006)did not specify
species
Seen around ladies hostel
Asteraceae
151
9324
152
9911
3796
154
153
155
10273, 79
156
10306
157
3874
158
On hill and waste places
Artemisia parviflora Buch.-Ham. ex
Roxb. (synonym). Rare, on hill.
Vartak (1959c)
(Bidens pilosa L. considered as
synonym) around Law college and
hill
Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.
(accepted name), gregarious during
monsoon
Blainvillea rhomboidea Cass.
Y
Y
Gregarious during monsoon
Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC.
N
Y
Common
Carthamus tinctorius L.
Y
N
160
Chrysanthemum indicum L.
N
Y
161
26261
Conyza japonica (Thunb.) Less. ex
Less.
Y
N
162
26399
Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt.
Y
N
163
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
N
Y
164
26374
Cyathocline purpurea (Buch.-Ham.
ex D. Don) Kuntze
Y
Y
Rare, seen around maths
department
165
26469
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
Y
Y
Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson
(accepted name)
159
8466
3688
3954
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FC no.
AHMA no.
166
10262
26425
167
1642
168
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. ex DC.
Y
Y
Erigeron asteroides Wall.
Y
N
Erigeron bonariensis L.
N
Y
Remarks
Name unresolved
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King
& H. Rob. (accepted name), around
maths department
169
4074
Eupatorium odoratum L.
Y
Y
170
4081
Gerbera jamesonii Bolus ex Hook. f.
Y
Y
10232
Glossocardia linearifolia Cass.
Y
N
Glossocardia bosvallia (L.f.) DC.
(accepted name)
Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers.
N
Y
seen on hill
10337
Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.
Y
N
171
172
173
174
4131
Helianthus annuus L.
Y
Y
175
4137
Lactuca remotiflora DC.
Y
Y
Lagascea mollis Cav.
Y
Y
Seen around Boys hostel, hill
N
Kleinia grandiflora (Wallich ex DC.)
N. Rani (accepted name)
176
8509
177
9336
4171
Notonia grandiflora Wall. ex DC.
Y
Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauverd
(accepted name)
178
10214
Parthenium hysterophorus L.
Y
Y
179
104
4186
Pulicaria wightiana (DC.) C.B. Clarke
Y
Y
180
3835
4247
Solidago canadensis L.
Y
N
Sphagneticola calendulacea (L.)
Pruski
N
Y
Spilanthes acmella (L.) L.
Y
N
Spilanthes calva DC.
Y
Y
184
Tagetes erecta L.
N
Y
185
Tithonia rotundifolia (Mill.)
S.F.Blake
N
Y
Gregarious after monsoons in FCBG
Tricholepis radicans (Roxb.) DC.
Y
Y
Misidentified as Tricholepis
glaberrima DC. In FC herbarium
sheet. On hill
Tridax procumbens (L.) L.
Y
Y
Abundant
Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less.
Y
Y
Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H. Rob.
(accepted name)
Vernonia divergens (DC.) Edgew.
Y
N
Acilepis divergens (Roxb.) H.Rob. &
Skvarla (accepted name)
4352
Vicoa indica (L.) DC.
Y
Y
Pentanema indicum (L.) Ling
(accepted name)
4358
Xanthium strumarium L.
Y
Y
At waste places
Impatiens holstii Engl. & Warb.
Y
Y
Impatiens balsamina L.
Y
N
181
182
7945
4276
183
186
106
187
4007
188
9905,
9906
189
108
190
191
112
193
28
26362
Desai (1974)
Abundant
Abundant on hill
Earlier name: Wedelia calendulacea
(L.) Less
Acmella paniculata (Wall. ex DC.)
R.K. Jansen (accepted name),
seen on hill and around chemistry
department
Balsaminaceae
192
834
Begoniaceae
194
3340
195
Begonia coccinea Hook.
Y
Y
Begonia grandis Dryand.
N
Y
Adenocalymma comosum (Cham.)
DC.
N
Y
Bignoniaceae
196
197
4045
5791
Bignonia gracilis Lodd.
Y
N
Dolichandra
unguis-cati (L.) L.G. Lohmann
(accepted name)
198
7144
5782
Bignonia incarnata Aubl.
Y
N
Bignonia aequinoctialis L. (accepted
name)
5784
Bignonia magnifica W. Bull
Y
N
199
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8467
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
200
201
150
202
203
5789
204
205
149
206
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Bignonia megapotamica Spreng.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Remarks
Vitex megapotamica (Spreng.)
Moldenke (accepted name)
Crescentia cujete L.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Dolichandrone falcata (Wall. ex
DC.) Seem.
Y
Y
Nalavade (2001)
Dolichandrone stipulata (Wall.)
Benth. ex C.B. Clarke
Y
N
Markhamia stipulata (Wall.) Seem.
(accepted name)
Heterophragma quadriloculare
(Roxb.) K. Schum.
N
Y
Planted on hill
Occassional on hill
Jacaranda acutifolia Bonpl.
Y
Y
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.
N
Y
Rare, FCBG
Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K.Schum.
(accepted name), behind maths
department
Vartak (1964)
207
Markhamia platycalyx (Baker)
Sprague
Y
Y
208
Millingtonia hortensis L.f.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Vartak (1964),
Patwardhan &
Rare, only one specimen, strangled
Gandhe (2000–01),
by Vitis quadrangularis at FCBG
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
209
4344
5798
210
211
2470
212
213
14095
214
215
9458
Mahajan (2006)
Parmentiera cereifera Seem.
Y
Y
Podranea brycei (N.E. Br.) Sprague
N
Y
Spathodea campanulata P. Beauv.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Tabebuia argentea (Bureau &
K.Schum.) Britton
Y
Y
Mahajan (2006)
Tabebuia aurea (Silva Manso) Benth.
& Hook.f. ex S. Moore (accepted
name)
Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) Bertero
ex A. DC.
Y
Y
Ghate (1987)
near Kimaya
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.
N
Y
Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Y
N
Vartak (1959c,
1964)
Cordia dichotoma G. Forst.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Dead specimen in FCBG, live around
maths department
Cordia macleodii Hook. f. &
Thomson
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Seen at FCBG
Cordia sebestena L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987)
Specimen in FCBG died in 2012
Cordia sinensis Lam.
N
Y
Ehretia acuminata R. Br.
Y
N
Ehretia aspera Willd.
Y
Y
Around main building
around DES office
Tecoma stans var. apiifolia DC.
(around main building) considered
as synonym
Bixaceae
216
9
264
Bixa orellana L.
Boraginaceae
217
3927
218
219
5029
2158
5034, 5035
220
221
5039
Cordia gharaf Ehrenb. ex Asch.
(synonym), seen at FCBG
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
Ehretia laevis Roxb. (accepted
name)
222
8212
223
85
Heliotropium ovalifolium Forssk.
Y
Y
Rare on hill
224
9430
Heliotropium paniculatum R. Br.
Y
N
Heliotropium zeylanicum subsp.
paniculatum (R. Br.) Kazmi (accepted
name)
225
128
Trichodesma indicum (L.) Lehm.
Y
Y
Common on hill
Cardamine trichocarpa Hochst. ex
A. Rich.
N
Y
Around maths department
Brassicaceae
226
227
185
Iberis amara L.
Y
N
228
186
Lepidium sativum L.
Y
N
229
187
Raphanus sativus L.
Y
N
Burseraceae
8468
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FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.
230
Past
Y
Present References
Y
Nalavade (2001)
Remarks
Rare on hill
Cactaceae
231
232
19320
233
3355
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.
N
Y
Opuntia elatior Mill.
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
N
Y
N
Y
Y
Capparis grandis L.f.
N
Y
Around boys hostel
Capparis zeylanica L.
Y
Y
Capparis horrida L.f. (synonym).
One well grown specimen around
boys hostel
Crateva nurvala Buch.-Ham.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Spreading on hill
Calceolariaceae
Trianthera sp.
Calophyllaceae
234
9865
366
Calophyllum inophyllum L.
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987)
Campanulaceae
235
Laurentia longiflora (L.) Peterm.
4484
Hippobroma longiflora (L.) G. Don
(accepted name)
Cannaceae
236
4164
7809
Canna indica L.
Capparaceae
237
238
2
239
9380,
9381
234
250
Crateva religiosa G. Forst.
Considered as synonym
Caricaceae
240
Carica papaya L.
Caryophyllaceae
334
Dianthus chinensis L.
Y
Y
242
335
Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam.
Y
N
243
342
Saponaria vaccaria L.
Y
N
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Cassine glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
Gymnosporia montana (Roth)
Benth.
Y
N
Nalavade (2001)
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
Cleome simplicifolia Hook.f. &
Thomson
Y
Y
Cleome viscosa L.
Y
Y
on hill
Y
N
Cleome gynandra L. (accepted
name)
Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Garcinia livingstonei T. Anderson
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Y
N
Y
Y
241
9636
Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert
(accepted name)
Casuarinaceae
Casuarina equisetifolia L.
244
Celastraceae
245
1053
246
Single well grown specimen at FCBG
Ceratophyllaceae
247
Ceratophyllum sp.
Cleomaceae
248
9671
249
9649
250
234
71, 5036
Gynandropsis pentaphylla Blanco
on hill
Clusiaceae
251
252
7148
253
9709
369
321
Colchicaceae
Gloriosa superba L.
Combretaceae
254
_
Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.)
Wall. ex Bedd.
Vartak (1959c,
1964)
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one well grown specimen at FCBG
8469
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
255
16911,
16915
256
257
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Ghate (1987)
Remarks
several well grown specimens at
FCBG, spreading
Anogeissus sericea Brandis
Y
Y
2982
Combretum coccineum (Sonn.) Lam.
Y
N
2983
Combretum latifolium Blume
Y
Y
Rare, one specimen at FCBG
Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps
(accepted name)
Quisqualis indica L.
Y
Y
946
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.)
Wight & Arn.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964,
1981), Wagh
(1996), Mahajan
(2006)
Rare, planted on hill, near
amphitheatre
9633
Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964,
1981), Mahajan
(2010)
two well grown specimens at FCBG,
one around boys hostel, planted
on hill
261
Terminalia catappa L.
N
Y
262
Terminalia crenulata Roth
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Rare, one well grown specimen at
FCBG
Commelina benghalensis L.
Y
Y
Commelina paleata Hassk.
Y
N
Commelina virginica L.
Y
N
Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D. Don ex
Sweet
Y
N
Cyanotis fasciculata (B.Heyne ex
Roth) Schult. & Schult. f.
Y
Y
268
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R.
Hunt
N
Y
269
Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
N
Y
258
8347
259
260
2991
Commelinaceae
263
6207
264
4479
265
25991
266
10303
267
5354
8148
abundant on hill
Convolvulaceae
270
129
Argyreia speciosa (L. f.) Sweet
Y
N
271
130
Convolvulus arvensis L.
Y
N
Vartak (1959c)
Argyreia nervosa (Burm. f.) Bojer
(accepted name)
272
132
Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.
Y
Y
273
9328
Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.
Y
Y
common on hill
275
133
274
Ipomoea digitata L.
Y
N
Ipomoea cheirophylla O'Donell
(accepted name)
Ipomoea eriocarpa R. Br.
N
Y
Ipomoea sindica Stapf. (synonym).
Common on hill.
277
2260
Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook.
Y
N
278
135
Ipomoea indica Stapf
Y
N
279
136
Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth
Y
N
Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.
N
Y
9329
Ipomoea palmata Forssk.
Y
Y
282
Ipomoea parasitica (Kunth) G. Don
N
Y
283
12481
Ipomoea staphylina Roem. &
Schult.
Y
N
Name unresolved
284
Ipomoea triloba L.
N
Y
around DES office
276
Ipomoea hederifolia L.
N
Y
Rare, around FCBG
5212
280
281
285
5785
286
287
10203
288
10209
289
2261
8470
5254
Ipomoea hederacea (L.) Jacq.
(synonym)
Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
(accepted name)
5263
Jacquemontia violacea (Vahl) Choisy
Y
Y
Jacquemontia paniculata (Burm. f.)
Hallier f. (accepted name)
5272
Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier f.
Y
Y
Rare, along tennis court-fence
5299
Porana paniculata Roxb.
Y
N
Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy
Y
N
Rivea hypocrateriformis Choisy
Y
N
19460
Ipomoea quamoclit L. (accepted
name)
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FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Crassulaceae
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln.
N
Y
2933
Kalanchoe laciniata (L.) DC.
Y
Y
2945
Kalanchoe tubiflora (Harv.) Raym.Hamet
Y
N
Name unresolved
Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn.
Y
N
Mukia maderaspatana (L.)
M. Roem. (accepted name)
294
Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt
N
Y
at central garden
295
Cucurbita pepo L.
N
Y
290
291
292
Vartak (1960)
Cucurbitaceae
3264
293
296
297
10285
298
Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C. Jeffrey
N
Y
Momordica charantia L.
Y
N
Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd.
N
Y
around maths department
Cupressaceae
299
Cupressus glauca Lam.
Y
N
Patwardhan &
Gandhe (2000–01)
Cupressus lusitanica Mill. (accepted
name)
300
Thuja orientalis L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Platycladus orientalis (L.)
Franco (accepted name)
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
Cyatheaceae
301
Alsophila sp.
Cycadaceae
302
Cycas circinalis L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
several specimens with branched
stems seen
303
Cycas revoluta Thunb.
Y
Y
Patwardhan &
Gandhe (2000–01)
one doubtful specimen at central
garden
Vartak & Ghate
(1983)
Cyperaceae
304
9007,
14562
Cyperus alternifolius L.
Y
Y
305
8653
Cyperus alulatus J.Kern
Y
N
8783
Cyperus compressus L.
Y
N
9453
Cyperus rotundifolius L.
Y
N
unresolved name
309
9521
Cyperus triceps Endl.
Y
N
Cyperus dubius Rottb. (accepted
name)
310
10641
Cyperus zollingeri Steud.
Y
N
308
9453
Cyperus rubicundus Vahl
Y
N
311
10066
Fimbristylis tenera Schult.
Y
N
312
26861
Fuirena wallichiana Kunth
Y
N
Kyllinga triceps Sw.
Y
Y
Kyllinga odorata Vahl (accepted
name)
Y
N
around Botany Department
Y
N
Y
N
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Y
N
Mahajan (2006)
306
307
224
313
228
314
12536
Davalliaceae
Nephrolepis sp.
Dilleniaceae
00057,
00058
315
Dillenia indica L.
Vartak (1959d,
1964), Ghate
(1987)
Dioscoreaceae
316
5358
25768
Dioscorea alata L.
Ebenaceae
317
4554
Diospyros embryopteris Pers.
Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel.
(accepted name)
Elaeagnaceae
318
Elaeagnus conferta Roxb.
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8471
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Elaeocarpaceae
319
12544
750 & 751
527
Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb. ex G.
Don
Y
Y
Vartak (1958a,
1964), Ghate
(1987), Wagh
(1996),
Patwardhan &
Gandhe (2000–01)
Y
N
Vartak (1958a),
Wagh (1996)
Elaeocarpus serratusL.
(accepted name), Elaeocarpus
sphaericus (Gaertn.) K. Schum.
(illegitimate synonym). A small
specimen present in FCBG till 2013.
was grown around Botany
department (Botany department
records)
Equisetaceae
Equisetum sp.
320
Euphorbiaceae
7028
Acalypha indica L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
7024
Acalypha hispida Burm. f.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
323
Acalypha wilkesiana Müll. Arg.
N
Y
324
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph.
ex A. Juss.
N
Y
321
322
8448
325
Euphorbia cotinifolia L.
N
Y
326
Euphorbia cristata B.Heyne ex Roth
N
Y
Euphorbia heterophylla L.
Y
Y
Euphorbia geniculata Ortega
(synonym)
abundant
327
9357
329
4014
7145
Euphorbia hirta L.
Y
Y
330
Euphorbia lactea Haw.
N
Y
331
Euphorbia neriifolia L.
N
Y
332
9382
Euphorbia splendens Bojer ex Hook.
Y
Y
333
3919
Euphorbia thymifolia L.
Y
Y
334
3991
Euphorbia tirucalli L.
Y
Y
335
Euphorbia tithymaloides L.
N
Y
336
Euphorbia umbellata (Pax) Bruyns
N
Y
19616
328
337
205
338
339
7120
206
340
341
8493
7230
342
343
203e
344
Euphorbia milii var. splendens (Bojer
ex Hook.) Ursch & Leandri (accepted
name)
Vartak (1964)
Around Geology Department
Euphorbia heyneana Spreng.
Y
N
Jatropha curcas L.
Y
Y
Jatropha glandulifera Roxb.
Y
N
Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
Y
Y
Jatropha integerrima Jacq.
N
Y
Around main building
Jatropha podagrica Hook.
Y
Y
around IMDR
Manihot esculenta Crantz
Y
N
Ricinus communis L.
Y
Y
Trewia nudifolia Hance
Y
N
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
Monsonia senegalensis Guill. &
Perr.
Y
N
Vartak (1959b)
Pelargonium zonale (L.) L'Hér. ex
Aiton
Y
N
N
Y
Around IMDR
Around Botany Department
Vartak (1964)
Mallotus repandus (Willd.) Müll.
Arg. (accepted name). One tree at
FCBG died in 2012
Geraniaceae
345
346
932
Heliconiaceae
347
Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.
Hydrocharitaceae
348
Hydrilla sp.
Y
Y
Wagh (1996)
349
Ottelia sp.
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
350
Vallisneria sp.
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
8472
Grown at central graden
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FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Lamiaceae
351
4004
352
3614
Anisomeles ovata W.T. Aiton
Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze
(accepted name)
Y
N
Y
N
Y
N
Clerodendrum speciosissimum
Drapiez (accepted name)
Clerodendrum fragrans Willd.
Y
N
Clerodendrum chinense (Osbeck)
Mabb. (accepted name)
Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn.
Y
N
Volkameria
inermis L. (accepted name)
Clerodendrum infortunatum L.
N
Y
Around main building, cut in 2015
Clerodendrum
indicum(L.) Kuntze (accepted name)
Verbenaceae
Clerodendrum calamitosum L.
Lamiaceae
353
3676
6210
Clerodendrum fallax Lindl.
Verbenaceae
354
9732
355
4033
6221
356
357
5770
6233
Clerodendrum siphonanthus R. Br.
Y
N
358
4027
6234
Clerodendrum splendens G. Don
Y
Y
359
Gmelina arborea Roxb.
Y
Y
360
6254
Gmelina hystrix
Schult. ex Kurz
Y
N
361
6256
Holmskioldia sanguinea Retz.
Y
N
Y
Y
Around maths department
Vartak (1964),
Mahajan (2006)
On hill
Gmelina philippensis Cham.
(accepted name)
Lamiaceae
362
363
6362
_
19557
364
365
9288
367
9702
368
_
9369
Y
On hill
Y
Occasional in campus
On hill
Y
Y
N
6414
Leucas longifolia Benth.
Y
N
6436
Leucas urticifolia (Vahl) R.Br. ex Sm.
Y
Y
Mentha × piperita L.
N
Y
6469
Ocimum americanum L.
Y
Y
3764
6483
373
Y
N
Y
371
372
374
Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
N
Y
Origanum majorana L.
Y
N
Origanum vulgare L.
Y
N
Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.)
R. Br.
N
Y
375
8440
Pogostemon sp.
Y
N
376
10312
Salvia sp.
Y
N
377
389
6291
378
on hill
Lavandula bipinnata (Roth) Kuntze
Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link
369
370
Vartak (1959b)
Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R.Br.
Leucas biflora (Vahl) R.Br. ex Sm.
19558
366
Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.
Rare, around maths department
Along waste places
Used to be cultivated around Botany
department (records of Botany
department)
Tectona grandis L.f.
Y
Y
Vitex negundo L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
At FCBG
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Around Kimaya
Phaseolus trilobus Aiton
Y
Y
Abrus precatorius L.
Y
N
Vartak (1959c),
Mahajan (2006)
Lecythidaceae
379
Couroupita guianensis Aubl.
Leguminosae
476
9924
380
2195
Vigna trilobata (L.) Verdc. (accepted
name) on hill
381
9392
Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c,
1964), Nalavade
(2001)
382
7941
Acacia auriculiformis Benth.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
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Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile (accepted
name), Acacia arabica var.
cupressiformis Stewart (synonym)
8473
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
383
11271,
886
384
9436
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd.
Y
Y
Nalavade (2001)
Acacia sundra (Roxb.) DC. (synonym)
Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
Seen only at FCBG and around boys
hostel
385
Acacia ferruginea DC.
N
Y
On hill
386
Acacia greggii A. Gray
N
Y
Rare, a single tree at FCBG. Not
recorded in Maharashtra before.
Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.
Y
Y
Acacia polyacantha Willd.
Y
N
387
_
2861
388
389
390
12502
8342
391
Adenanthera pavonina L.
Y
Vartak (1959c,
1964), Nalavade
(2001)
On hill
Y
Vartak (1959c,
1964), Ghate
(1987), Tosh
(1987),
Patwardhan &
Gandhe (2000–01)
Rare, one specimen at FCBG
Vartak (1959c)
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.
Y
Y
Albizia procera(Roxb.) Benth.
N
Y
Around Botany department
Small specimens on hill
392
8346
2916
Albizia saman(Jacq.) Merr.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Ghate (1987), Tosh
(1987)
Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr.
(synonym)
393
5006
1389
Alysicarpus monilifer (L.) DC.
Y
N
Tosh (1987)
On the hills
394
7167
Alysicarpus pubescens J.S.Law
Y
N
395
10240
Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC.
Y
N
396
9875
Alysicarpus tetragonolobus Edgew.
Y
Y
397
9404
Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC.
Y
N
Vartak (1959c)
1417
On the hills
Arachis hypogaea L.
Y
Y
Shinde et al.
(2010), Shinde &
Laware (2010)
Bauhinia racemosa Lam.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
2369
Bauhinia tomentosa L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c,
1964), Patwardhan Common at FCBG. Can be
B. tomentosa forma concolor
& Gandhe
(2000–01)
2390
Bauhinia variegata L.
Y
N
Vartak (1959c,
1964), Tosh (1987)
399
2267
Bauhinia acuminata L.
Y
N
403
19956
Bauhinia purpurea L.
Y
Y
Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.
N
Y
Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.
Y
Y
Tosh (1987)
Seen till 2014 around maths
department
Caesalpinia ferrea C.Mart.
Y
Y
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
Rare, one specimen at FCBG
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Y
Y
Vartak (1966)
Cajanus indicus Spreng.
Y
Y
Cajanus cajan(L.) Millsp. (accepted
name)
409
Calliandra haematocephala
Hassk.
N
Y
Around Maths department
410
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.
N
Y
Cassia alata L.
Y
N
Tosh (1987)
Senna alata (L.) Roxb. (accepted
name).
Cassia auriculata L.
Y
N
Nalavade (2001)
Senna auriculata (L.) Roxb.
(accepted name)
398
400
9281
401
9686
402
404
615
405
406
407
4444
408
3820
411
2459
21991
412
Cultivated for experimental purpose
Vartak (1964)
Seen at FCBG, on hill
413
Cassia fistula L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
414
Cassia grandis L.f.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Cassia hirsuta L.
Y
N
Joshi &
Senna hirsuta (L.) H.S.Irwin &
Kumbhojkar (1997) Barneby (accepted name)
Cassia marginata Roxb.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
415
416
8474
2523
8442,
8443
Cassia roxburghii DC. (accepted
name)
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FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Vartak (1964),
Patwardhan &
Gandhe (2000–01)
Remarks
Cassia javanicas sp. nodosa (Roxb.)
K. Larsen & S.S. Larsen (accepted
name)
Cassia nodosa Roxb.
Y
N
Cassia pumila Lam.
Y
Y
Cassia renigera Benth.
Y
N
Vartak (1964), Tosh
(1987)
420
Cassia siamea Lam.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Senna siamea(Lam.) H.S. Irwin &
Barneby (accepted name)
421
Cassia spectabilis DC.
Y
Y
Mahajan (2006)
Senna spectabilis (DC.) H.S. Irwin
& Barneby (accepted name). Near
physics department.
Cassia tora L.
Y
Y
417
418
9893
2614
419
422
110
1648
423
424
2674
7160
Clitoria ternatea L.
Y
Y
Crotalaria calycina Schrank
Y
N
Chamaecrista pumila (Lam.)
K. Larsen (accepted name). On hill
Senna tora (L.) Roxb. (accepted
name)
425
7124
1502
Crotalaria filipes Benth.
Y
Y
At central garden
426
3740
19216
Crotalaria juncea L.
Y
Y
On hill
Crotalaria medicaginea Lam.
N
Y
On hill
Crotalaria orixensis Willd.
Y
N
Dalbergia lanceolaria L.f.
Y
Y
430
Dalbergia lanceolaria ssp.
paniculata (Roxb.) Thoth.
N
Y
Only a single specimen on hill
431
Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. & Perr.
N
Y
Introduced in the Pune University
campus during the British rule, now
spreading on hills.
Dalbergia sissoo DC.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964), Tosh
common
(1987)
Vartak (1964)
427
428
11269,
11270
16981
429
432
104
17655
Vartak (1964), Tosh Dalbergia lanceolaria subsp.
(1987)
lanceolaria (synonym)
433
Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf.
Y
Y
434
Derris scandens (Roxb.) Benth.
N
Y
435
Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv.
N
Y
Behind Maths department
436
8489
437
438
9463
1796
439
440
Rare, only at FCBG.
Desmodium laxum DC.
Y
N
Hylodesmum laxum (DC.) H. Ohashi
& R.R. Mill (accepted name). Species
should be confirmed
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
N
Y
Seen around IMDR and FCBG
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
Y
N
Dolichos biflorus L.
Y
N
Entada rheedii Spreng.
Y
Y
Wagh (1996)
Was planted again in 2013 by
authors, but died.
Erythrina variegata var. orientalis
(L.) Merr. (synonym)
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
(accepted name)
441
1800,
18032
Erythrina variegata L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987), Tosh
(1987)
442
18045
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964), Tosh
(1987)
Haematoxylon campechianum L.
Y
N
Vartak (1964), Tosh Haematoxylum campechianum L.
(1987)
(accepted name)
Hardwickia binata Roxb.
N
Y
one well grown specimen on hill
Heylandia latebrosa (auct. non
(L.) DC.
Y
Y
It is a misapplied name. Crotalaria
hebecarpa (DC.) Rudd (accepted
name)
Indigofera anabaptista Baker
Y
N
443
11279
444
445
9896
446
9903
1850
1869
447
9419
448
9908
449
9389
450
Indigofera cordifolia Roth
Y
Y
Indigofera glandulosa Wendl.
Y
N
1904
Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz.
Y
Y
3303
Lathyrus odoratus L.
Y
N
Tosh (1987)
Indigofera hochstetteri Baker
(accepted name)
On hill
On hill
Tosh (1987)
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Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de
Wit
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987), Tosh
(1987)
3320
Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl.
Y
N
Tosh (1987)
451
2895,96
452
Remarks
Spreading fast
453
4503
1947
Medicago sativa L.
Y
N
454
3850
2902
Mimosa pudica L.
Y
Y
1966
Ougeinia oojeinensis (Roxb.) Hochr.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Desmodium oojeinense (Roxb.)
H. Ohashi (accepted name)
Parkia biglandulosa Wight & Arn.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Mahajan (2006)
Around Maths department
Parkinsonia aculeata L.
Y
N
Peltophorum inerme (Roxb.) Naves
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.)
K. Heyne (accepted name)
455
456
457
14110
458
Around Botany Department
459
9863
Phaseolus aconitifolius Jacq.
Y
N
Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.)
Marechal(accepted name)
460
10237
Phaseolus radiatus L.
Y
Y
Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek
(accepted name)
Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
Y
Y
Vartak (1964), Tosh
Derris indica (Lam.) Benn. (synonym)
(1987)
Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.
N
Y
around boys hostel, hill
461
462
8478
18130
463
464
11233
Psoralea corylifolia L.
Y
N
Cullen corylifolium (L.) Medik.
(accepted name)
465
4998
Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC.
Y
Y
Rare, near physics department
466
3690
Saraca indica L.
Y
Y
467
Senna polyphylla (Jacq.) H.S. Irwin
& Barneby
N
Y
Rare, around main building. Cut
down during 2014
468
Senna surattensis (Burm. f.)
H.S. Irwin & Barneby
N
Y
Around IMDR
469
Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.
Y
N
470
Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston
N
Y
471
3920
472
474
22181
9923
Vartak (1964),
Wagh (1996),
Mahajan (2009)
Planted at FCBG
Vartak (1964)
Common on hill
Tamarindus indica L.
Y
Y
Taverniera cuneifolia (Roth) Ali
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.
Y
Y
On hill
Tephrosia tenuis Wall.
Y
Y
Tephrosia strigosa (Dalzell) Santapau
& Maheshw. (accepted name). Rare
on hill
473
Tephrosia pumila (Lam.) Pers.
N
Y
on hill and around boys hostel
477
Zapoteca portoricensis (Jacq.)
H.M. Hern.
N
Y
Zornia diphylla (L.) Pers.
Y
Y
Torenia asiatica L.
Y
N
Torenia fournieri Linden ex E. Fourn.
N
Y
N
Y
Seen on Dalbergia sissoo
Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth
N
Y
Around Maths department
Lagerstroemia indica L.
Y
Y
Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb.
Y
N
Lawsonia inermis L.
Y
N
475
478
10235
173
on hill
Linderniaceae
479
9667
5678
480
Loranthaceae
Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Ettingsh.
481
Lythraceae
482
483
9333
484
3171
485
9739
486
9310
487
8476
3248
Punica granatum L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Trapa sp.
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
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FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Woodfordia floribunda Salisb.
488
Past
Present References
Remarks
Y
Y
Nalavade (2001)
Unresolved name
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987)
Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex
Pierre (accepted name)
Hiptage madablota Gaertn.
Y
Y
Wagh (1996)
Unresolved name, Hiptage
bengalensis Kuntze (unresolved
synonym). One specimen at FCBG
Malpighia glabra L.
Y
Y
Only seen at FCBG
Galphimia glauca Cav. (accepted
name)
Magnoliaceae
00062
489
Michelia champaca L.
Malpighiaceae
490
25b
491
784
492
493
494
778
14107
3985
495
496
Thryallis glauca (Cav.) Kuntze
Y
Y
Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
Occassional in the campus
Two specimens at FCBG
530
Adansonia digitata L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c,
1964), Ghate
(1987)
404
Althaea rosea (L.) Cav.
Y
N
Vartak (1959c)
Alcea rosea L. (accepted name)
Bombax malabaricum DC.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Bombax ceiba L. (accepted name)
Y
Vartak (1959b,
1964), Ghate
(1987), Wagh
(1996), Mahajan
(2006)
Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.
(synonym, illegitimate). Behind
Geology department
181
532
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Y
Corchorus trilocularis L.
N
Y
499
545
Dombeya acutangula Cav.
Y
N
500
405
Gossypium arboreum L.
Y
Y
Grewia hirsuta Vahl
N
Y
Grewia tiliifolia Vahl
Y
Y
Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.
N
Y
Helicteres isora L.
Y
N
Hibiscus cannabinus L.
Y
N
Hibiscus esculentus L.
Y
N
497
12539
498
501
502
8428
503
504
5046
561
505
7983
408, 409
506
9846
507
24
479
At staff quarters
Vartak (1964)
At FCBG
At FCBG
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
Moench (accepted name)
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Y
Y
508
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.
N
Y
509
4593
427
Hibiscus schizopetalus (Dyer)
Hook. f.
Y
Y
510
10218
570
Kleinhovia hospita L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987)
One at FCBG Died in 2012
511
9663
Malvastrum tricuspidatum A. Gray
Y
Y
Vartak (1959b)
Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.)
Garcke (accepted name)
512
8524
Malvaviscus arboreus Cav.
Y
Y
Pterospermum acerifolium (L.)
Willd.
Y
Y
425
513
Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
514
515
9880
516
517
142
518
519
448
15556,
12555
580, 581
N
Y
Sida cordifolia L.
Y
N
Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn.
N
Y
Sida rhombifolia L.
Y
N
Sida spinosa L.
N
Y
Sterculia foetida L.
Y
Y
Around boys hostel
Vartak (1960,
1964)
One small specimen at FCBG
Huge specimen at FCBG
misidentified as S.guttata.
Around IMDR
Vartak (1964),
Mahajan (2006),
Ghate (1987)
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Behind Maths department
8477
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
N
499
Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex
Corrêa
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
713
Triumfetta pentandra A. Rich.
Y
N
Vartak (1959f)
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.)
R. Parker
Y
Y
Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987),
Wagh (1996)
521
10321
524
147
Present References
Y
582
2525
Past
Sterculia guttata Roxb.
9433, 227
523
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Vartak (1964,
1981), Ingalhalikar
& Barve (2010)
520
522
Nerlekar et al.
438
Remarks
Unresolved name. Heritage
specimen mentioned by Ingalhalikar
& Barve (2010) is P. alata which died
in December 2014 due to insect
pests
Martyniaceae
Martynia diandra Gloxin
Martynia annua L. (accepted name)
Meliaceae
525
526
527
999
3826
1017,
16941
685
528
529
531
384
8485
1011
530
692
Vartak (1964)
around Firodia Niketan
Toona ciliata M. Roem. (accepted
name). Rare, at FCBG
Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottler
Y
Y
Khaya senegalensis(Desv.) A. Juss.
N
Y
Melia azedarach L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Behind maths department
Vartak (1964,
1981), Wagh
(1996), Ghate
(1987)
Specimens in front of Botany
department planted in 1946 by
Dr. P.S. Karekar (P.S. Karekar pers.
comm. 2015)
Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.
Y
Y
Swietenia macrophylla King
N
Y
Cocculus laurifolius DC.
Y
N
Planted around boys hostel
one tree around main building
Menispermaceae
532
21321
Vartak (1959d,
1964)
533
45
Cocculus villosus DC.
Y
Y
Cocculus hirsutus (L.) W. Theob.
(accepted name)
534
352
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers
Y
Y
Tinospora sinensis(Lour.) Merr.
(accepted name)
Y
N
Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze
(accepted name)
N
Y
On hill
Menyanthaceae
535
Limnanthemum indicum (L.) Griseb.
125
Molluginaceae
536
Mollugo pentaphylla L.
Moraceae
537
Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
538
Artocarpus integer (Thunb.) Merr.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
540
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér.
ex Vent.
N
Y
Dorstenia indica Wight
Y
Y
Nerlekar & Laware
(2013)
Rare, around maths department.
Species needs validation
541
Ficus diversifolia Blume
Y
N
Vartak (1964),
Patwardhan &
Gandhe (2000–01)
Ficus deltoidea Jack (accepted
name)
542
Ficus amplissima Sm.
N
Y
539
212
7383
Ficus benghalensis L.
Y
Y
Ficus benjamina L.
N
Y
Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.
Y
Y
546
Ficus maclellandii King
N
Y
547
Ficus mysorensis B. Heyne ex Roth
Y
N
543
1723
544
545
8478
7467
Spreading around third gate and
geology department
Behind Maths department
Vartak (1964,
1981)
Several well grown specimens at the
hill-base
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987),
Wagh (1996)
Around maths and botany
departments
Vartak (1964)
Ficus drupacea Thunb. (accepted
name)
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FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
548
Ficus natalensis Hochst.
Y
N
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
549
Ficus pumila L.
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
550
Ficus racemosa L.
N
Y
Surprisingly not recorded in the past
551
Ficus religiosa L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964,
1981)
552
Ficus retusa L.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Morus alba L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
N
Y
N
Y
Callistemon lanceolatus (Sm.) Sweet
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Mahajan (2006)
Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
553
Remarks
Moringaceae
554
Moringa oleifera Lam.
Muntingiaceae
Muntingia calabura L.
555
Musaceae
556
Musa × paradisiaca L.
Myrtaceae
557
9438
558
559
11246
Eucalyptus viminalis Labill.
Y
N
560
8483
Eugenia sp.
Y
N
561
1510
Myrtus communis L.
Y
N
Psidium guajava L.
Y
Y
563
9301
Psidium guyanense Pers.
Y
N
564
3784
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
Y
Y
562
3064
565
566
3075
one specimen on footpath (once
inside FCBG)
Vartak (1964)
Syzygium heyneanum (Duthie)
Gamble
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Y
N
Ghate (1987)
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
Syzygium salicifolium (Wight)
J. Graham (accepted name). One
well grown specimen around Botany
department, other at FCBG. Only
specimen seen today in the city
(S. Ingalhalikar pers. comm. 2015)
Nephrolepidaceae
567
Nephrolepis sp.
Nyctaginaceae
568
3910
569
6587
Boerhavia diffusa L.
Y
Y
6600
Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.
Y
Y
Mirabilis jalapa L.
N
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
570
Nymphaeaceae
571
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
Wagh (1996)
Oleaceae
Jasminum auriculatum Vahl
572
573
Jasminum azoricum L.
N
Y
574
Jasminum dichotomum Vahl
N
Y
575
Jasminum laurifolium var.
laurifolium Roxb. ex Hornem.
N
Y
576
4587
Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.)
Andrews
Y
N
577
4575
Jasminum officinale L.
Y
Y
578
114
4593
Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton
Y
Y
579
115
4606
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
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8479
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
4612, 4613
580
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Olea dioica Roxb.
Past
Present References
Y
N
N
Y
Dendrobium sp.
Y
N
Epidendrum radicans Pav. ex Lindl.
N
Y
Eulophia pratensis Lindl.
Y
N
Remarks
Vartak (1964),
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010),
Patwardhan &
Gandhe (2000–01)
Onagraceae
581
Ludwigia perennis L.
On hill
Orchidaceae
582
214
583
584
7977
25568
Cultivated around Firodia Niketan
Orobanchaceae
585
7162
5471
Buchnera hispida Buch.-Ham. ex
D. Don
Y
Y
on hill
586
11226
5605
Sopubia delphinifolia G. Don
Y
Y
Unresolved name, on hill
587
10264
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke
Y
Y
On hill
Y
N
Oxalidaceae
588
Averrhoa bilimbi L.
589
590
29
591
811
592
593
815
Vartak (1964)
Averrhoa carambola L.
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.
Y
N
Vartak (1959c)
Was present at FCBG
Oxalis comberi R. Knuth
Y
N
Oxalis nahuelhuapiensis Speg.
(accepted name)
Oxalis corniculata L.
N
Y
Surprisingly not recorded in the past
Oxalis latifolia Kunth
Y
Y
Around IMDR
Y
Y
Pandanaceae
Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex
Du Roi
594
Vartak (1964)
Around Firodia Niketan
Papaveraceae
Argemone mexicana L.
Y
Y
596
171
Fumaria indica (Hausskn.) Pugsley
Y
N
597
170
Papaver somniferum L.
Y
N
595
68
At waste places
Passifloraceae
598
3257
Passiflora edulis Sims
Y
N
599
3259
Passiflora foetida L.
Y
Y
On hill, tennis court fence
Y
Y
On hill
Bridelia squamosa (Lam.) Gehrm.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Bridelia retusa (L.) A. Juss. (accepted
name). Specimen at FCBG probably
dead
Cicca acida (L.) Merr.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels
(accepted name)
Emblica officinalis Gaertn.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Phyllanthus emblica L. (accepted
name)
604
Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.
N
Y
605
Phyllanthus niruri L.
N
Y
606
Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir.
N
Y
Pedaliaceae
600
6294
5811
Sesamum indicum L.
Phyllanthaceae
601
9871
602
603
7980
607
608
6853
609
11227
610
9651
8480
5449
Rivina humilis L
N
Y
Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth
Y
Y
Angelonia sp.
Y
N
Antirrhinum majus L.
Y
N
on hill
Seen on hill and around IMDR
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Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
611
10260,
145
612
9416
613
143
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Kickxia ramosissima (Wall.) Janch.
Y
Y
Nanorrhinum ramosissimum (Wall.)
Betsche (accepted name), Linaria
ramosissima Wall. (synonym). On
hill
5589
Russelia juncea Zucc.
Y
N
Russelia equisetiformis Schltdl. &
Cham. (accepted name)
5596
Scoparia dulcis L.
Y
Y
On hill and around main building
Plumbago auriculata Lam.
Y
Y
Around maths department
Plumbago zeylanica L.
N
Y
Around maths department
N
Y
On hill
Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
(accepted name), Dichanthium
pertusum (L.) Clayton (synonym).
Plumbaginaceae
614
4494
615
Poaceae
616
Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf
617
7103
Amphilophis pertusa (L.) Stapf
Y
Y
618
7065
Andropogon pumilus Roxb.
Y
N
619
7082
Apluda aristata L.
Y
Y
Apluda mutica L. (accepted name).
Abundant on hill
620
7108
Aristida funiculata Trin. & Rupr.
Y
Y
Common on rocky denuded slopes
on hill
621
7095
Aristida hystrix L.f.
Y
N
Aristida redacta Stapf
N
Y
On hill
On hill
20003
622
Aristida setacea Retz.
Y
Y
624
10870
Arthraxon echinatus (Nees) Hochst.
Y
N
625
10898
Arthraxon lancifolius (Trin.) Hochst.
Y
N
10923
Arthraxon prionodes (Steud.) Dandy
Y
Y
Arthraxon serrulatus Hochst.
(synonym). On hill
Arundinella ciliata (Roxb.) Nees
ex Miq.
N
Y
Rare
Avena sativa L.
Y
N
629
Axonopus compressus (Sw.)
P. Beauv.
N
Y
630
Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss
N
Y
631
Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch.
ex Schult.
N
Y
Cultivated ornamental around
maths department
632
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.
N
Y
At central garden
633
Brachiaria eruciformis (Sm.) Griseb.
N
Y
Moorochloa eruciformis (Sm.)
Veldkamp (synonym). Rare, seen
around Life Sciences building
634
Chloris barbata Sw.
N
Y
Common
623
626
5746
7075
627
628
11048
635
Cultivated lawn grass
Chloris gayana Kunth
Y
N
636
5381
Chloris virgata Sw.
Y
Y
637
5395,
5396
Chrysopogon montanus Trin.
Y
Y
Chrysopogon fulvus (Spreng.)
Chiov. (accepted name). On hill
638
Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.)
Roberty
N
Y
Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash
(synonym). On hill
639
Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf
N
Y
Cultivated at staff quarters
640
Cymbopogon martini (Roxb.)
W.Watson
N
Y
On hill
11127
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
Y
Y
Common
11131
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.)
Willd.
Y
Y
Common
643
Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro
Y
Y
644
Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.)
Nees
N
Y
641
642
11091
7924
5308
Vartak (1964,
1981), Ingalhalikar
& Barve (2010)
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Only seen at FCBG
8481
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
645
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.)
Stapf
N
Y
646
7084
11147
Dichanthium caricosum (L.)
A. Camus
Y
N
647
5323
111158
Digitaria marginata Link
Y
Y
Digitaria radicosa (J. Presl) Miq.
N
Y
648
649
650
19752
5343
651
652
7092
11198
653
Y
Y
Seen at FCBG
Y
Y
Seen around maths department, hill
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.
N
Y
Elionurus royleanus Nees ex A. Rich.
Y
N
Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin.
ex Steud.
N
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
656
Eragrostis minor Host
N
Y
657
Eragrostis nutans (Retz.) Nees ex
Steud.
N
Y
658
11212
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Y
N
659
11214
Eragrostis superba Peyr.
Y
N
Eragrostis tenuifolia (A. Rich.)
Hochst. ex Steud.
N
Y
660
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler
(accepted name), Digitaria
adscendens (Kunth) Henrard
(synonym)
Dinebra retroflexa (Vahl) Panz.
Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R.Br.
7088
Seen on open areas and hill
Echinochloa colona (L.) Link
Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin.
654
655
Remarks
Abundant
Vartak (1959e)
Rare, seen on hill
Eragrostis patula (Kunth) Steud.
(accepted name). Seen around
Wadia Library
661
7168
Eragrostis unioloides (Retz.) Nees
ex Steud.
Y
N
662
5378
Gracilea royleana Hook. f.
Y
Y
Melanocenchris jacquemontii Jaub.
& Spach (accepted name). On hill
Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze
N
Y
Mnesithea granularis (L.) de Koning
& Sosef (synonym). Uncommon
on hill
663
664
7113
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.
Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Y
Y
On hill
665
5350,
5351
Iseilema anthephoroides Hack.
Y
Y
On hill
666
7117
Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.)
Hack.
Y
Y
On hill
Microchloa indica (L.f.) P. Beauv.
Y
Y
Nazia racemosa (L.) Kuntze
Y
N
Tragus racemosus (L.) All. (accepted
name)
Oplismenus burmanni (Retz.)
P. Beauv.
N
Y
In shady areas
Panicum sumatrense Roth
Y
N
667
668
5312
669
670
7071
671
5390
Paspalidium flavidum (Retz.)
A. Camus
Y
N
672
4748,
4749
Pennisetum alopecuros J. Jacq.
Y
N
11359
Vartak (1959e)
On hill
Setaria macrostachya Kunth
(accepted name)
673
Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.
N
Y
674
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.
N
Y
On hill
675
Pogonatherum crinitum (Thunb.)
Kunth
N
Y
Rare
676
Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf
N
Y
On hill
Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv.
Y
Y
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
(accepted name), Setaria pumila
(Poir.) Roem. & Schult. (considered
as synonym)
678
Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv.
N
Y
679
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
N
Y
677
8482
5369
Cultivated on hill
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FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
680
Sorghum controversum (Steud.)
Snowden
N
Y
681
Sporobolus tenuissimus (Schrank.)
Kuntze
N
Y
682
Tetrapogon tenellus (Roxb.) Chiov.
N
Y
Remarks
On hill
Ocassional on hill
Themeda quadrivalvis (L.) Kuntze
Y
Y
On hill
684
Tripogon jacquemontii Stapf
N
Y
On hill
685
Urochloa ramosa (L.) T.Q. Nguyen
N
Y
Brachiaria ramose (L.) Stapf
(accepted name)
Zea mays L.
N
Y
Cultivated on hill
683
7061
686
Polygalaceae
687
688
10
Polygala chinensis L.
Y
Y
11
Polygala persicariaefolia sensu
Eyles non DC.
Y
Y
Polygala sphenoptera Fresen.
(accepted name)
Polygonaceae
689
6758
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.
Y
Y
690
6760
Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L.
Y
N
6761
Muehlenbeckia platyclada
(F.J. Müll.) Meisn.
Y
N
6816
Rumex vesicarius L.
Y
N
Y
N
Y
Y
Portulaca grandiflora Hook.
N
Y
Portulaca oleracea L.
N
Y
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Y
Y
Vartak (1958a,
1981), Wagh
(1996)
Vartak (1959c)
691
195
692
Vartak (1964,
1981), Patwardhan
& Gandhe
(2000–01)
Homalocladium platycladum
(F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey (unresolved
name)
Polypodiaceae
693
Pleopeltis phymatodes (L.) T. Moore
8515
Phymatosorus scolopendria (Burm.
f.) Pich. Serm. (accepted name)
Pontederiaceae
694
9726
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms
Wagh (1996)
Cultivated around Botany
department
Portulacaceae
695
696
Proteaceae
697
Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. ex R. Br.
Psilotaceae
698
Psilotum sp.
Cultivated around Botany
department
Pteridaceae
699
Actiniopteris dichotoma Mett.
Y
N
700
Adiantum sp.
Y
Y
Wagh (1996)
Around IMDR and Kimaya
Y
Y
Bomble & Laware
(2010)
Cultivated for experimental
purpose, seen on buildings
Y
Y
Vartak (1964,
1981)
Some specimens at FCBG
Delphinium ajacis L.
Y
N
Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC.
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
Vartak (1964)
Pteris vittata L.
701
Putranjivaceae
702
838
7292
Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.
Ranunculaceae
703
18
704
Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur (accepted
name)
Rhamnaceae
705
5039
Ziziphus jujuba Mill.
Y
Y
706
9843
Ziziphus oenopolia (L.) Mill.
Y
Y
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Seen at open, waste places
8483
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
1116
707
708
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Ziziphus rugosa Lam.
Y
N
Ziziphus xylopyrus (Retz.) Willd.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Rosa sp.
N
Y
Borreria stricta G.Mey.
Y
Y
Remarks
Rosaceae
709
9450
2917
710
Rubiaceae
Spermacoce verticillata L. (accepted
name)
711
7180
712
5337
3563, 3564
Catesbaea spinosa L.
Y
N
713
8407
3565, 3566
Coffea arabica L.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
714
9341
3578, 3679
Gardenia latifolia Aiton
Y
Y
Vartak (1960,
1964), Patwardhan
& Gandhe (2000–
Rare, only seen at FCBG
01), Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
715
8321
3580, 3581
Gardenia lucida Roxb.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
716
8303
Hamelia patens Jacq.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Wagh (1996)
717
1500
Hamiltonia suaveolens (Roxb.)
Roxb.
Y
N
3604
Ixora arborea Roxb. ex Sm.
Y
Y
3614
Ixora lanceolaria Colebr.
Y
N
Ixora parviflora Lam.
Y
Y
Ixora coccinea L.
N
Y
718
719
720
8411
721
Gardenia resinifera Roth (accepted
name). Seen around maths
department
Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb.
(accepted name)
Vartak (1964)
Ixora paveta Andr. (accepted name)
Rare, at FCBG
722
14111
3630
Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Rare, seen around maths
department
723
3925
3649
Morinda citrifolia L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
M. tinctoria Noronha (invalid
synonym), M. tomentosa B. Heyne
ex Roth (synonym)
724
Mussaenda erythrophylla
Schumach. & Thonn.
N
Y
725
Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.)
Bosser
N
Y
Planted at central garden
Oldenlandia aspera (B. Heyne ex
Roth) DC.
Y
N
Kohautia aspera (B. Heyne ex Roth)
Bremek. (accepted name)
726
727
3671
9873
728
729
3929
14044
730
731
1556
732
1529
733
3758
3774, 3775
Oldenlandia corymbosa L.
Y
Y
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers
N
Y
Cultivated around Firodia Niketan
Randia brandisii Gamble
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.)
Tirveng (accepted name)
Randia uliginosa (Retz.) Poir.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng.
& Sastre (accepted name)
Rondeletia odorata Jacq.
Y
N
Vartak (1960)
Rubia cordifolia L.
Y
N
Serissa foetida (L.f.) Lam.
Y
N
Serissa japonica(Thunb.) Thunb.
(accepted name)
Rutaceae
734
9331
735
736
16125
Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987)
945
Chloroxylon swietenia DC.
Y
N
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987)
Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.)
Swingle
N
Y
737
Citrus medica L.
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
738
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Y
N
Vartak (1964)
Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
739
8484
8434
around botany, maths departments,
main parking and planted on hill
Unresolved name (F. elephantum
Corrêa is also unresolved)
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Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
740
741
9421
958
742
10257
960
743
5334,
9319
962
Nerlekar et al.
604
Past
Present References
Remarks
Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack
Y
Y
Ruta graveolens L.
Y
N
Triphasia trifolia (Burm. f.) P. Wilson
Y
N
Y
N
Wagh (1996)
Y
N
Deshpande (1938),
Vartak (1958a),
Unresolved name
Wagh (1996)
Osyris wightiana Wall. ex Wight
Y
N
Santalum album L.
Y
Y
Murraya exotica L. (synonym).
Around Botany department
Triphasia aurantiola Lour. (synonym)
Salviniaceae
744
Azolla sp.
Salvinia cucullata Roxb.
745
Santalaceae
746
8432
747
10268
748
4446
Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
Y
N
749
9308
Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.
Y
Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.)
Thwaites
Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud.
(accepted name)
Vartak (1964)
A few mature specimens around
Amphitheatre
Y
Vartak (1964)
Seen rarely on the hill
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Rare, around Maths department.
Tree at FCBG dead
Litchi chinensis Sonn.
Y
N
Vartak (1964,
1981)
19192
Sapindus emarginatus Vahl
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
Rare, only seen next to Photography
department
1298
Sapindus laurifolius Balb. ex DC.
Y
Y
Mahajan (2010)
Unresolved name
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ingalhalikar &
Barve (2010)
Rare, only seen at FCBG
6997
Sapindaceae
750
_
751
752
753
754
40
Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Merr.
9408
Sapotaceae
4539
Achras sapota L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c,
1964)
Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen
(accepted name)
4541
Chrysophyllum cainito L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987)
Rare, only seen planted on hill
757
Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964,
1981)
Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia
(Roxb.) A. Chev. (accepted name).
Rare, one well grown specimen on
footpath (once inside FCBG)
758
Madhuca longifolia (J. Koenig ex L.)
J.F. Macbr.
N
Y
4547
Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard
Y
Y
Vartak (1964),
Ghate (1987)
14384
Mimusops elengi L.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
755
756
8514
759
760
8443
Near Kimaya and planted on hill
Mimusops hexandra Roxb.
(synonym). Couple of specimens
at FCBG
Scrophulariaceae
2363
Bonnaya bracteata Griff.
Y
N
Lindernia antipoda (L.)
Alston(accepted name)
762
Stemodia verticillata (Mill.) Hassl.
N
Y
Rare, around maths department
763
7913
Verbascum coromandelianum
(Vahl) Kuntze
Y
Y
Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau
(accepted name)
Y
N
Vartak (1981),
Wagh (1996)
Vartak (1959c,
1964)
761
5690
Selaginellaceae
764
Selaginella sp.
Simaroubaceae
765
Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.
Y
Y
766
Simarouba amara Aubl.
N
Y
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one huge specimen at FCBG
Rare, only seen around Maths
department
8485
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
Remarks
Smilacaceae
767
8091
Smilax zeylanica L.
Y
N
Y
Y
Solanaceae
768
769
Capsicum annuum L.
140b
770
771
4467
772
773
5340
10318
774
5355
775
776
777
140
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Y
Y
Datura innoxia Mill.
Y
N
Datura metel L.
Y
Y
Datura quercifolia Kunth
Y
N
Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn.
Y
N
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Y
N
Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv.
N
Y
5360
Petunia nyctaginifloraJuss.
Y
Y
5365
Physalis minima L.
Y
N
Deore et al. (2010)
Vartak (1957)
Abundant
778
Solanum lycopersicum L.
N
Y
779
Solanum melongena L.
N
Y
Solanum nigrum L.
Y
Y
Solanum americanum Mill.
(accepted name)
Rare, cultivated on hill
780
10211
5399
5405
Solanum seaforthianum Andrews
Y
Y
22
5409
Solanum torvum Sw.
Y
N
19482
Solanum virginianum L.
Y
N
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.
Y
Y
Vartak (1959c)
Pilea cadierei Gagnep. & Guillaumin
N
Y
Pilea macrophylla Rusby
Y
N
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
Y
Y
Trema orientalis (L.) Blume
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
781
782
783
Ulmaceae
Holoptelea integrifolia Planch.
784
Unresolved name
Urticaceae
785
7359
786
787
210
788
207
789
213
7340
Pilea picta Herzog (accepted name)
Verbenaceae
6218
Citharexylum subserratum Sw.
Y
N
Vartak (1964,
1981), Ghate
(1987)
Citharexylum spinosum L. (accepted
name)
6241
Duranta plumieri Jacq.
Y
Y
Vartak (1964)
Duranta erecta L. (accepted name)
792
Lantana camara L.
N
Y
793
Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.)
Briq.
N
Y
Y
Y
790
791
3993
Abundant
794
173
6269
Petrea volubilis L.
795
9465
6271
Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl
Y
N
Verbena hybrida Groenl. & Rumpler
N
Y
Planted at Law College
Verbena venosa Gillies & Hook.
Y
N
Verbena rigida Spreng. (accepted
name)
Y
Y
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex
Wight (synonym), at FCBG
796
797
9423
6280
Present at FCBG
Vitaceae
798
10270
799
800
1184
Cissus quadrangularis L.
1199
Cissus rotundifolia Vahl
Y
N
Leea coccinea Planch.
N
Y
Around Maths department
801
477
Leea sambucina Benth.
Y
N
Unresolved name
802
462
Vitis discolor (Blume) Dalzell
Y
N
Cissu sjavana DC. (accepted name)
8486
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Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune
FC no.
AHMA no.
Nerlekar et al.
HPU no. Family / Scientific name
Past
Present References
803
5318
Vitis setosa (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight
Y
N
804
9447
Vitis vinifera L.
Y
N
Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.
N
Y
Dianella tasmanica Hook. f.
N
Y
Remarks
Unresolved name. Cyphostemma
setosum (Roxb.) Alston (accepted
name)
Xanthorrhoeaceae
805
806
Zamiaceae
807
Encephalartos sp.
Y
N
Vartak (1958a,
1964, 1981),
Mahabale (1987),
Wagh (1996),
Was only seen at FCBG
Patwardhan &
Gandhe (2000–01),
Mahajan (2006)
Zingiberaceae
25725
Alpinia speciosa (Blume) D. Dietr.
Y
N
7767
Alpinia vittata W.Bull
Y
N
810
25726
Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm.
Y
N
811
7792
Hedychium coronarium J.Koenig
Y
Y
Y
N
808
809
3990
Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M. Sm.
(accepted name)
Cheilocostus speciosus (J. Koenig)
C.D. Specht (accepted name)
Zygophyllaceae
812
26
Tribulus terrestris L.
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the University of Poona through Maharashtra Association for the
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Vaidya, K.,M. Khanna & B.P. Shinde (2009). Biodiversity of AM fungi
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Varadpande, D.G. (1974). The flora of Ganeshkhind, Poona. Journal
of the University of Poona (Science and Technology Section) 44:
97–133.
Vartak, V.D. & V.S. Ghate (1983). Enumeration of Sedges from West
Maharashtra. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 4(2):
435–451.
Vartak, V.D. (1957). Some species of Datura found near Poona.
Ayurvida Magazine 21(7): 323–330.
Vartak, V.D. (1958a). The flora of the Fergusson College campus,
Poona dist. Fergusson College Magazine 50: 7–11.
Vartak, V.D. (1958b). The study of the flora of the Mutha River bed
near Poona. Poona Agriculture College Magazine 48: 24–40 & 49:
121–132.
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Vartak, V.D. (1959f). The occurrence of Triumfetta pentandra A Rich. In
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DOI: 10.11609/jott.2016.8.2.8421–8540
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Article
Rediscovery, systematics and proposed Red List status of
Ledebouria junnarensis S.S. Rahangdale and S.R. Rahangdale
nom. nov. (Asparagaceae) - an endemic species from the
Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
-- Savita Sanjaykumar Rahangdale & Sanjaykumar Ramlal
Rahangdale, Pp. 8421–8433
Communications
Population studies of Lowe’s Monkey (Mammalia: Primates:
Cercopithecidae: Cercopithecus lowei Thomas, 1923) in
Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana
-- Edward D. Wiafe, Pp. 8434–8442
Numerical taxonomy of Berlinia species (Caesalpinioideae:
Leguminosae) and their distribution in Nigeria
-- Emmanuel C. Chukwuma, Abiodun E. Ayodele, Michael O.
Soladoye & Deborah M. Chukwuma, Pp. 8443–8451
Data Paper
Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune, India: monitoring
changes over half a century
-- Ashish N. Nerlekar, Sairandhri A. Lapalikar, Akshay A. Onkar,
S.L. Laware & M.C. Mahajan, Pp. 8452–8487
Short Communications
Tangled skeins: a first report of non-captive mating behavior
in the Southeast Asian Paradise Flying Snake (Reptilia:
Squamata: Colubridae: Chrysopelea paradisi)
-- Hinrich Kaiser, Johnny Lim, Heike Worth & Mark O’Shea,
Pp. 8488–8494
Estimating the density of Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
(Galliformes: Phasianidae) in the tropical forest of Similipal
Tiger Reserve, eastern India
-- Himanshu S. Palei, Hemanta K. Sahu & Anup K. Nayak,
Pp. 8495–8498
The effect of daytime rain on the Indian Flying Fox
(Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae Pteropus giganteus)
-- S. Baskaran, A. Rathinakumar, J. Maruthupandian, P. Kaliraj
& G. Marimuthu, Pp. 8499–8502
An observation on the Odonata fauna of the AsansolDurgapur Industrial Area, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
-- Amar Kumar Nayak & Utpal Singha Roy, Pp. 8503–8517
Three interesting wood rotting macro-fungi from Jharkhand,
India
-- Manoj Emanuel Hembrom, Arvind Parihar & Kanad Das,
Pp. 8518–8525
Notes
Description of a new species of Oligosita Walker
(Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from Punjab, India
-- Mohsin Ikram & Mohd. Yousuf, Pp. 8526–8527
Range extension of Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891 (Odonata:
Zygoptera: Lestidae) in southern India
-- K.G. Emiliyamma & Muhamed Jafer Palot, Pp. 8528–8530
Report on the genus Herdonia Walker (Lepidoptera:
Thyrididae) in Karnataka Western Ghats, India
-- P.R. Shashank, Pp. 8531–8532
Long-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in
Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India
-- Sunil M. Gaikwad, Yogesh J. Koli, Gopal. A. Raut, Sadashiv H.
Waghmare & Ganesh P. Bhawane, 5pp Pp. 8533–8537
Intrusion of devil weed Chromolaena odorata, an exotic
invasive, into Kinnerasani and Eturnagaram wildlife
sanctuaries, Telangana, India
-- Sateesh Suthari, Ramesh Kandagatla, Sarede Geetha,
Ajmeera Ragan & Vatsavaya S. Raju, Pp. 8538–8540
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