# List of endemic plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Of the 3,300 species of flowering plants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in southern India, 132 are endemic. The reserve encompasses portions of the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. They are listed by plant family. Plants with an asterisk* are listed in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Plants with a dagger (†) are presumed extinct.
* Andrographis lobelioides
* A. stellulata
* Leptacanthus amabilis
* Mackenziea homotropa
* M. violacea
* Nilgirianthus papillosus
* N. wighteanus
* Phlebophyllum lanatum
* Plecaulis sessilis
* Rhinacanthus nasutus var. montanus
* Thelepaepale bicolor
Adoxaceae
Amaranthaceae
Annonaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Aquifoliaceae
Araceae
* Arisaema auriculatum
* A. pulchrum
* A. transluscens
* A. tuberculatum
* A. tylophorum
Arecaceae
Asclepiadaceae
* Brachystelma maculatum
* Caralluma nilagiriana
Asteraceae
* Anaphalis neelgeiryana
* A. notoniana
* Helichrysum wightii
* Senecio kundaicus
* S. lawsonii
* S. lessigianus
* S. polycephalus
* Vemonia saligina var nilghirensis
* Youngia nilgirriensis
Balsaminaceae
* Impatiens clavicornus
* I. debilis
* I. denisonii
* I. laticornis
* I. levengei
* I. munronii
* I. neo-barnesii
* I. nilagirica
* I. orchioides
Celastraceae
Chrysobalanaceae
Commelinaceae
Convolvulaceae
Cyperaceae
* Carex christii
* C. pseudo-asperata
* C. vicinalis
* C. curvibracteatus
* Fimbristylis latiniglumifera
* F. latinucifera
* F. rectifolia
Eriocaulaceae
* Eriocaulon christopheri
* E. gamblei
* E. pectinatum*
* E. robustum*
Euphorbiaceae
* Dalechampia velutina
* Glochidion sisparense
* Mallotus subramanyamii
* Reidia timbriata
Fabaceae
* Acacia hohenackeri
* Crotalaria bidei
* C. formosa
* C. obtecta
* Dalbergia gardneriana
* Tephrosia wynaadensis
Gentianaceae
Labiatae
* Anisochilus dysophylloides var purpureus
* Leucas pubescens
* L. rosmarinifolia
* Pogostemon nilagiricus
* P. paludosus
* Teucrium wightii
Lauraceae
* Actinodaphne lanata*
* Actinodaphne lawsonii*
* Actinodaphne salicina*
* Litsea stocksii f. var. glabrescens
Loranthaceae
* Dendrophthoe memecylifolia
* D. neelgherrensis var clarkei
* Loranthus recurvus
Melastomataceae
* Memecylon flavescens*
* M. lawsonii
* M. sisparense*
* Sonerila versicolor var. axillaris
* S. wynaadensis
Myrtaceae
* Eugenia argentea
* Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis*
* Syzygium malabaricum
Orchidaceae
* Aerides elatoir
* Bulbophyllum acutiflorum
* B. aureum
* B. fusco-purpureum
* B. kaitiense
* B. nodosum
* Coelogyne odoratissima var. angustifolia
* Corymborkis veratifolia
* Eria nana
* E. polystachya
* Habenaria cephalotes
* H. denticulata
* H. polyodon
* Liparis biloba
* Malaxis crenulata
* Spiranthes sinensis var. wightiana
* Thrixspermum muscaeflorum var nilagiricum
* Vanda wightii
Oxalidaceae
Pittosporaceae
Poaceae
* Andropogon longipes
* A. polyptychus
* Arudinella purpurea
* A. setosa var nilgiriana
* Brachiaria semiundulata
* Eriochrysis rangacharii
* Garnotia schmidii
* Isachne deccanensis
* I. nilagiricum
* I. oreades
* Ochlandra beddomei
* O. setigera
* Panicum fischeri
* Poa gamblei
Primulaceae
* Embelia gardneriana
* Maesa velutina*
Ranunculaceae
Rubiaceae
* Hedyotis hirsutissima
* Lasianthus ciliatus
* Oldenlandia hirsutissima
* O. sisparensis
* Ophiorrhiza brunois var brunois
* O. pykarensis*
* Pavetta brunois
* P. hohenhackeri
* P. wightii
Rutaceae
Sapotaceae
Smilacaceae
Symplocaceae
* Symplocos microphylla
* S. pulchra
Umbelliferae
* Bupleurum plantaginifolium
* Heracleum hookerianum
Urticaceae
Viscaceae