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.

Polyzygus tuberosus Rare Malwan in Sindhudurg district & Dapoli in

Ratnagiri district.

APONOGETONACEAE

Aponogeton satarensis Vulnerable Endemic Satara district.

ARACEAE

Cryptocoryne cognata Indeterminate Konkan (coastal areas).

Cryptocoryne cognatoides Vulnerable Shindhudurg Kankavli taluk, Osargaon.

Cryptocoryne tortuosa Endangered Mahableshwar (Satara district). 1500 m.

Typhonium incurvatum Rare Bombay- Sion.

ASCLEPIADACEAE

Asparagus jacquemonti Indeterminate Between Pune and Kurla.

Ceropegia attenuata Rare Endemic to Western Ghats, Thane,

Raigadh, Pune.

Ceropegia evansii Vulnerable Khandala, Sakarpathar- Ambavane

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 (Pune).
Ceropegia huberi Vulnerable Endemic to Maharashtra, Amba Ghat,
Ratnagiri. 1000 m.

Ceropegia jainii Rare Ambolighat in Sindhudurg district.

1000 m.

Ceropegia lawii Endangered South Konkan, Harishchandragad,

1000 m.

Ceropegia maccannii Rare Pune & Raigadh districts.

Ceropegia mahabalei Endangered Ralegaon hills & Bhivade Khurd hill in

Junnar Taluka, Pune districts. 1000 m.

Ceropegia noorjahaniae Rare Endemic to Maharashtra. 1000 m.

Ceropegia oculata Rare Pune, Ratnagiri, Raigad.

Ceropegia odorata Endangered Endemic to Western India, Bombay,

Melghat.

Ceropegia panchganiensis Endangered Endemic to Maharashtra: Panchgani,

Mahabaleshwar (Satara district). 1000 m.

Ceropegia rollae Rare Endemic to Maharashtra.

Harishchandragad hill & Dhak, Durga
Khollas in Junnar Taluka, Pune districts.
1300 m.

Ceropegia sahyadrica Rare Endemic to Maharashtra: Khandala,

Sinhagadh hill, Ambavane- Sakarpathar
hill. 1000-1500 m.

Ceropegia santapaui Rare Endemic to Maharashtra. Mahad Ghat in

Satara dist. 1000-1200 m.

Frerea indica Endangered Junnar & Purandhar hills, Pune dist.

1000 m.

Gymnema khandalense Rare Pine district: Khandala; Raigad : Masadi

forests in Roha.

Oianthus deccanensis Endangered/ West of Pune.

Possibly Extinct

ASTERACEAE

Cyathocline lutea Rare Pune and Thane districts.

BEGONIACEAE

Begonia phrixophylla Rare Satara dist., Mahabaleshwar. Endemic.

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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 Rare Pune district.

Euphorbia panchganiensis Rare Pune, Satara & Sindhudurg districts.

Endemic.

FABACEAE

Crotalaria filipesrare - Endemic to India.

Crotalaria lutescens Rare Malwan in Maharashtra. Endemic.

Crotalaria stocksii Rare Jamphalpade (Colaba district), Igatpuri &

Mumbra, Maharashtra.

Flemingia gracilis Rare Khandala & Lonavala in Pune district;

Matheran in Raigad. 600 m.

Nogra dalzellii Vulnerable Telavaree, Harishchandragad,

Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Satara,
Bombay.

Smithia agharkarii Rare Khandala, Mahabaleshwar, Amboli in

Maharashtra. Endemic to Western
Ghats.

Vigna khandalensis Rare Ghats in Sahyadri range & Ahmednagar,

Pune and Satara districts. Endemic.

LILIACEAE

Chlorophytum borivilianum Rare Borivili, Kanheri caves. Endemic.

Dipcadi maharashtrensis Endangered Endemic to Panchgani in Maharashtra.

Dipcadi saxorum Vulnerable Endemic to Maharashtra.

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Dipcadi ursulae Vulnerable Maharashtra. Endemic.

Drimia razii Rare Restricted to Dive Ghat, Pune districts.

Iphigenia magnifica Vulnerable Endemic to Western Ghats. Dhule,

Raigad, Pune.

Iphigenia stellata Vulnerable Panchgani-Mahableshwar zone (Satara

district), Panhala plateau and Radhangiri
area (Kolhapur district). 1500 m.

Scilla viridis Endangered Endemic.

LYTHRACEAE

Rotala ritchiei Vulnerable Pune district, Endemic to Western Ghats.

MALPIGHIACEAE

Adspiopterys canarensis Rare Bombay, 800-2000 m.

MALVACEAE

Abutilon ranadei Endangered Endemic to a single locality in the state.

Decaschistia trilobata Rare 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.

Coelachne minuta Rare Endemic to Maharashtra, Western

Ghats. Mahableshwar (Satara district),
Amboli (Ratnagiri district), Aurangabad
plateau. 650-1375 m.

Dichanthium armatum Rare 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.

Dichanthium compressum Rare Lonavala & Khandala, Bhimashankar

(Pune district).

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Dichanthium maccannii Vulnerable Panchagani, Satara district, Daulatabad
(Aurangabad district).

Dichanthium panchganiense Rare Panchgani plateau in Satara.

Dichanthium woodrowii Vulnerable Paud, Mawal taluka (Pune).

Dimeria blatterii Rare Pune and Ratnagiri districts.

Glyphochola santapaui Rare Ratnagiri district, Endemic to Western

Ghats.

Isachne borii Rare Pune and Sholapur district.

Isachne lisboae - Panchgani and Mahableshwar (Satara

district), Endemic to Western Ghats in
Maharashtra.

Schizachyrium paranipyeanum Rare Castle rock, North Kanara, Amboli,

Ratnagiri district, Endemic to Konkan in
Western Ghats.

RANUNCULACEAE

Thalictrum dalzelli Indeterminate Purandhar in Maharashtra.

RUBIACEAE

Hedyotis cyanantha Rare -

SAPINDACEAE

Allophylus concanicus Rare Endemic.

TILIACEAE

Erinocarpus nimmonii Rare Padgha-Erada range, Khandala,

Ambavane in Maharashtra.

Source: Red Data Book Plants of India (Nayar & Sastry 1987-88)