2022, Vol. 10, Issue 3, Part A

author(s)
Balasaheb S Kale and Chetan S Sanap

abstract
Western Ghats is one of the mega biodiversity center in the world and second in India. Junnar tehsil region is an important link between the Deccan plains on east side and Western Ghats and Konkan region on the west, since ‘Satvahana dynast’. The Munjaba hills is between this link. Munjaba hills altitude from sea level is 1100m. These linked area have great biodiversity and support many important plants and animals. One of the hill in this link has been studied for consecutive two years 2009 to 2011 for diversity of floristic composition having some important and unique species reported from Maharashtra state. In the study five random quadrates were laid down and 50 species were assessed for distribution in the area studied. A distribution map for these species is also reported. Total 213 plant species, 208 are flowering plant species, 5 are pteriodphytes plant spesies and 24 endemic taxa were recorded during the study and the floristic analysis is done. This is the only location (19.268809, 74.024213) for Tillaea schimperi (C. A. Mey.) M. G. Gilbert, H. Ohba & K. T. Fu in Maharashtra and central India, elevation is 955 to 1100 meter from sea level. These species mainly found in cold desert of rock crevices and sometimes epiphytic habitat. There favorable temperature in cold desert 6 °C to 25 °C to growth of Tillaea schimperi plant. In Maharashtra the temperature range from 15 °C to 40 °C this temperature is not favorable for these plant, but still this plant get adapted to adverse temperature.