India is one of the 17 mega diverse countries, covering only 2.4% land area of the world. The country is highly populous. With nearly 46000 plant species including 15,000-18,000 higher plant species besides thousands of algae, lichen and fungi and 81 thousand animal species, the biodiversity of India is very rich. In addition to the two mega diversity hotspots reported earlier, 24 more micro-hotspots have been reported within India. However, several other micro hotspots can also be proposed based on biodiversity inventories and floristic analysis done by the scientific workers from various part of the country. During the present work, 7 micro hotspots in KBK region of the state of Odisha have been identified on the basis of the presence of rare and endemic medicinal plant species as well as taxonomically interesting species facing threat due to habitat loss, over-exploitation and other biotic factors.
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