Short Notes on the Rich Heritage of Flora and Fauna in India

Short Notes on the Rich Heritage of Flora and Fauna in India

India has a rich heritage of flora and fauna because of the following reasons:

India is rated as one of the twelve mega biodiversity countries of the world, having rich heritage of flora and fauna.

Flora:

i. India has 47,000 plant species.

ii. It is tenth in the world and fourth in Asia in plant diversity.

iii. India has 15,000 flowering plants. They constitute six per cent of the world’s total.

iv. India is also rich in non-flowering plants. They include firns, algae and fungi. Fauna

v. India boasts of having 89,000 species of animals.

vi. India has a huge variety of fish in its fresh and marine waters.