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Table 8
Family-wise contribution of all life forms (tree, shrub, herb, lianas) in tropical dry deciduous forest of Sathanur reserve forest, Eastern Ghats (T—tree,
S—shrub, H—herb, C—climbers)
Name of the family
Species
Genus
Density
H
C
S
T
Total
H
C
S
T
Total
H
C
S
T
Total
Acanthaceae
8
1
9
5
1
6
4277
415
4692
Agavaceae
1
1
1
1
5
5
Alangiaceae
1
1
1
1
85
85
Amaranthaceae
4
4
4
4
1203
1203
Anacardiaceae
2
2
2
2
38
38
Annonaceae
1
1
1
1
2
2
Apocynaceae
2
1
1
4
2
1
3
2
3
190
195
Arecaceae
1
1
1
1
1
1
Asclepiadaceae
1
3
1
5
1
3
1
5
152
243
4
399
Asteraceae
5
5
5
5
14,506
14,506
Bignoniaceae
1
1
1
1
14
14
Boraginaceae
1
1
2
1
1
2
302
1
303
Burseraceae
1
1
1
1
2
2
Cactaceae
1
1
1
1
381
381
Caesalpiniaceae
1
3
7
11
1
1
2
4
899
141
171
1211
Capparaceae
1
2
1
4
1
2
1
1
5
111
28
1
14
29
Celastraceae
1
1
1
1
69
69
Combretaceae
1
2
3
1
1
2
262
33
295
Commelinaceae
4
4
1
1
1407
1407
Convolvulaceae
1
1
2
1
1
2
4180
35
4215
(continued)