Botanical Survey of India
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भारतीय वनस्पति सर्वेक्षण | |
Central Government Office | |
Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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Region served | India |
Parent organization | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India |
Website | bsi |
Botanical Survey of India (BSI) located in
History
BSI was formally instituted by
Prior to 1890, EIC had already established
Academic and research program
Botanical Survey of India also offers Fellowship for doing research in Plant Taxonomy and also offers post doctorate fellowships to those who are trained in Taxonomy and want to continue their research related to the mandate of BSI.[2]
Publications
Apart from the Publishing Flora of India series books, states floras, flora of Protected regions and Red Data Book of Indian Plants, BSI have also known for its various annual publications some of them are:[4]
Plant Discoveries: Plant Discoveries is an annual bilingual publication of Botanical Survey of India, having most authentic information on India's plant wealth. As per recent release of Plant Discoveries 2019 by Botanical Survey of India, there is a total of 18800 species of
According to the Botanical Survey of India, India is currently having 8000 species of medicinal plants. Therefore, the ministry of Ayush provides financial support in the form of Subsidies, for the cultivation of various medicinal plants and the species which are required by AYUSH systems and also to take care of other plants which are on the verge of extinction.
See also
- List of Botanical Gardens in India
- List of botanical gardens worldwide
- National Botanical Research Institute
- Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute
References
- ^ Botanical Survey of India (BSI) "History", Botanical Survey of India. Archived 24 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c BSI
- ^ The Saharánpur Botanic Garden", Natural History Museum, London
- ISBN 978-81-8177-079-0 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ "About the journal".
- ^ Rajni Kant (January 2019). "List of new journals with NAAS Scores 2019 -National Academy of Agricultural Sciences- ICAR- New Delhi" – via ResearchGate.
- ^ "Botanical Survey of India".