Threatened Plants of Maharashtra
Family/ Scientific NameRDB Status
Distribution sites & Average altitude
ALISMATACEAE Weisneria triandra Rare Sindhudurg district, Endemic.
AMARANTHACEAE Achyranthes coynei Rare Khandala, Pune.
AMARYLLIDACEAE Crinum eleonorae Rare Satara, Lingmala, Mahabaleshwar.
APIACEAE Pimpinella katrajensis Rare Endemic to Katraj Ghats and Panchgani Plateau. Malwan in Sindhudurg district & Dapoli in Ratnagiri district.
Polyzygus tuberosus
Rare
APONOGETONACEAE Aponogeton satarensis Vulnerable Endemic Satara district.
ARACEAE Cryptocoryne cognata Cryptocoryne cognatoides Cryptocoryne tortuosa Typhonium incurvatum Indeterminate Vulnerable Endangered Rare Konkan (coastal areas). Shindhudurg Kankavli taluk, Osargaon. Mahableshwar (Satara district). 1500 m. Bombay- Sion.
ASCLEPIADACEAE Asparagus jacquemonti Ceropegia attenuata Indeterminate Rare Between Pune and Kurla. Endemic to Western Ghats, Thane, Raigadh, Pune. Khandala, Sakarpathar- Ambavane
Ceropegia evansii
Vulnerable
Ceropegia huberi
Vulnerable
(Pune). Endemic to Maharashtra, Amba Ghat, Ratnagiri. 1000 m. Ambolighat in Sindhudurg district. 1000 m. South Konkan, Harishchandragad, 1000 m. Pune & Raigadh districts. Ralegaon hills & Bhivade Khurd hill in Junnar Taluka, Pune districts. 1000 m. Endemic to Maharashtra. 1000 m. Pune, Ratnagiri, Raigad. Endemic to Western India, Bombay, Melghat. Endemic to Maharashtra: Panchgani, Mahabaleshwar (Satara district). 1000 m. Endemic to Maharashtra. Harishchandragad hill & Dhak, Durga Khollas in Junnar Taluka, Pune districts. 1300 m. Endemic to Maharashtra: Khandala, Sinhagadh hill, Ambavane- Sakarpathar hill. 1000-1500 m. Endemic to Maharashtra. Mahad Ghat in Satara dist. 1000-1200 m. Junnar & Purandhar hills, Pune dist. 1000 m. Pine district: Khandala; Raigad : Masadi forests in Roha. West of Pune.
Ceropegia jainii
Rare
Ceropegia lawii
Endangered
Ceropegia maccannii Ceropegia mahabalei
Rare Endangered
Ceropegia noorjahaniae Ceropegia oculata Ceropegia odorata
Rare Rare Endangered
Ceropegia panchganiensis
Endangered
Ceropegia rollae
Rare
Ceropegia sahyadrica
Rare
Ceropegia santapaui
Rare
Frerea indica
Endangered
Gymnema khandalense
Rare
Oianthus deccanensis
Endangered/ Possibly Extinct
ASTERACEAE Cyathocline lutea Rare Pune and Thane districts.
BEGONIACEAE Begonia phrixophylla Rare Satara dist., Mahabaleshwar. Endemic.
BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium calcareum Rare -
CONVOLVULACEAE Ipomoea clarkei Rare Western Ghats in Thane, Pune and Nasik districts.
ELAEOCARPACEAE Elaeocarpus munronii Rare Endemic. 600-2000 m.
ERIOCAULACEAE Eriocaulon humile Vulnerable Khandala in Pune district; Matheran in Raigad district. Endemic.
EUPHORBIACEAE Euphorbia katrajensis Euphorbia panchganiensis Rare Rare Pune district. Pune, Satara & Sindhudurg districts. Endemic.
FABACEAE Crotalaria filipesrare Crotalaria lutescens Crotalaria stocksii Rare Rare Endemic to India. Malwan in Maharashtra. Endemic. Jamphalpade (Colaba district), Igatpuri & Mumbra, Maharashtra. Khandala & Lonavala in Pune district; Matheran in Raigad. 600 m. Telavaree, Harishchandragad, Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Satara, Bombay. Khandala, Mahabaleshwar, Amboli in Maharashtra. Endemic to Western Ghats. Ghats in Sahyadri range & Ahmednagar, Pune and Satara districts. Endemic.
Flemingia gracilis
Rare
Nogra dalzellii
Vulnerable
Smithia agharkarii
Rare
Vigna khandalensis
Rare
LILIACEAE Chlorophytum borivilianum Dipcadi maharashtrensis Dipcadi saxorum Rare Endangered Vulnerable Borivili, Kanheri caves. Endemic. Endemic to Panchgani in Maharashtra. Endemic to Maharashtra.
Dipcadi ursulae Drimia razii Iphigenia magnifica
Vulnerable Rare Vulnerable
Maharashtra. Endemic. Restricted to Dive Ghat, Pune districts. Endemic to Western Ghats. Dhule, Raigad, Pune. Panchgani-Mahableshwar zone (Satara district), Panhala plateau and Radhangiri area (Kolhapur district). 1500 m. Endemic.
Iphigenia stellata
Vulnerable
Scilla viridis
Endangered
LYTHRACEAE Rotala ritchiei Vulnerable Pune district, Endemic to Western Ghats.
MALPIGHIACEAE Adspiopterys canarensis Rare Bombay, 800-2000 m.
MALVACEAE Abutilon ranadei Decaschistia trilobata Endangered Rare Endemic to a single locality in the state. Ramghat & Koombarli ghats areas in the northern Western Ghats. Amboli Ghat in Pune district.
ORCHIDACEAE Habenaria panchganiensis Rare Satara & Sindhudurg district, Western Ghats in Maharashtra.
POACEAE Bhidea burnsiana Rare Lonavala (Pune district), Bombay, Malwan (Sindhudurg) Ratnagiri district. Endemic to Maharashtra, Western Ghats. Mahableshwar (Satara district), Amboli (Ratnagiri district), Aurangabad plateau. 650-1375 m. Western Ghats in Maharashtra. Konkan, Pune (Junnar, Bhimashankar and Khandala), Satara (Panchgani), Nasik (Kalsubai hill) district. Endemic to a small area of Sahyadri ranges in Maharashtra. Lonavala & Khandala, Bhimashankar (Pune district).
Coelachne minuta
Rare
Dichanthium armatum
Rare
Dichanthium compressum
Rare
Dichanthium maccannii
Vulnerable
Panchagani, Satara district, Daulatabad (Aurangabad district). Panchgani plateau in Satara. Paud, Mawal taluka (Pune). Pune and Ratnagiri districts. Ratnagiri district, Endemic to Western Ghats. Pune and Sholapur district. Panchgani and Mahableshwar (Satara district), Endemic to Western Ghats in Maharashtra. Castle rock, North Kanara, Amboli, Ratnagiri district, Endemic to Konkan in Western Ghats.
Dichanthium panchganiense Dichanthium woodrowii Dimeria blatterii Glyphochola santapaui
Rare Vulnerable Rare Rare
Isachne borii Isachne lisboae
Rare -
Schizachyrium paranipyeanum
Rare
RANUNCULACEAE Thalictrum dalzelli Indeterminate Purandhar in Maharashtra.
RUBIACEAE Hedyotis cyanantha Rare -
SAPINDACEAE Allophylus concanicus TILIACEAE Erinocarpus nimmonii Rare Padgha-Erada range, Khandala, Ambavane in Maharashtra. Rare Endemic.
Source: Red Data Book Plants of India (Nayar & Sastry 1987-88)
