AN ENUMERATION OF ANGIOSPERMS IN AND AROUND THE TAMPARA LAKE OF GANJAM DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA

Tampara Lake is one among the recently declared Ramsar sites of the Odisha state lying near to Chatrapur of Ganjam district.It is the second largest fresh water lake in Odisha next to the Ansupa Lake.Being rich in floristic diversity and one of the important water bodies, documentation of the floristic wealth is neglected till date.Taking these into account a recent floristic study was conducted in Tampara Lake and its immediate neighbourhood.The results are communicated in the present paper dealing with the documentation of 206 species of angiosperms belonging to 172 genera under 64 families.