Q. Show the Inventory of the plants?
A flora provides an inventory of the plants of an area and is often restricted to the vascular plants. Floras contain description of plants and key for identification. In flora plants-are arranged according to one or another of t& available systems of classification (Bentham & Hooker. Engler & Prantl, Bessey, Hutchinson, etc.). There is no single world flora that accounts for every species, even of the spermatophytes on the earth. A few important floras are cited below:
World Floras : Baillon. H. The Natural History of Plants. 8 vols. London, 1871-1888. Bentham, G, and Hooker, J.D. Genera Plantarum, 3 vols. London 1862- 1883.
Engler, A, and Prantl. K. This is a glorified book in German language entitled, "Die Naturalichen Pflanzenfarnilies". 23 vols. Leipzeg 1887-1915 and other important contribution is of Hutchinson, J., "The families of flowering plants" 2 vols London 1926, 1959, 1973.