Additions to the Flora of Singanallur Lake, An Urban Wetland From Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

B. Karthik; C. Kunhikannan; Vinny R. Peter; L. Joseph Reginald

doi:10.36808/if/2026/v152i1/171029

Additions to the Flora of Singanallur Lake, An Urban Wetland From Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Authors

B. Karthik Centre for Urban Biodiversity Conservation and Education (CUBE), Post Box No – 1818 Singanallur Post, Coimbatore – 641005, Tamil Nadu
C. Kunhikannan Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), R.S. Puram Post, Coimbatore – 641002, Tamil Nadu,
Vinny R. Peter Centre for Urban Biodiversity Conservation and Education (CUBE), Post Box No – 1818 Singanallur Post, Coimbatore – 641005, Tamil Nadu
L. Joseph Reginald Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), (South India Centre of Wildlife Institute of India, MoEFCC, GoI), Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore – 641108, Tamil Nadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2026/v152i1/171029

Keywords:

Endemic Plants, Floristic Diversity, New additions, Singanallur Lake, Urban wetland

Abstract

The present study is aimed to document the floristic wealth of Singanallur lake, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, which was declared as “Urban Biodiversity Conservation Zone” by Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation in 2017. Intensive botanical explorations were conducted in the lake between January 2023 and December 2024 and the study resulted in documentation of 121 flowering plants which were additions to the existing flora of 453 species; therefore, a total of 574 species of plants were recorded from the region. Of the observed additional plants, three endemics species such as, Dicliptera cuneata with a population of c. 200 plants, a steno-endemic and threatened plant, Cordia diffusa / Kovai Manjack with 12 individuals and Viscum subracemosum with 10 individuals were observed from the region. The list of observed plants along with family, habit and its uses were provided and the medicinal plants constituted for 78% of the recorded list.

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