LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

A). Research Articles  

1.      Aravindhan, V., G. Mahendran, Binu Thomas and A. Rajendran. 2014. Rediscovery of Epipogium roseum (D. Don) Lindl. (Orchidaceae) in Boluvampatti Hill Range, the Southern Western Ghats, India. The MOIS J. 15 (10): 16-20.

2.      Aravindhan, V. and A. Rajendran. 2014. Diversity of Invasive Plant Species in Boluvampatti Forest Range, the Southern Western Ghats, India. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci. 14 (8): 724-731.

3.      Murugeswaran, R., Rajendran, A., Venkatesan, K., Binu Thomas and
V. Aravindhan. 2014. Potential Plants for Unani System of Medicine from Southern Western Ghats of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. J. Sci. 4 (2): 106-112.

4.      Rajendran, A., Aravindhan, V. and Sarvalingam, A. 2014. Biodiversity of Bharathiar University Campus, India: A floristic approach. Int. J. Biodiver. Conserv. 6 (4): 308-319.

5.      Senthilkumar K., Aravindhan V., Rajendran A. (2013). Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by Malayali Tribes in Yercaud Hills of Eastern Ghats, India. J. Natural Remedies 13 (2): 118-132.

6.      Aravindhan V., Mahendran G., Rajendran, A. and Narmatha Bai, V. (2013). Aphyllorchis montana Rchb. f.  (Orchidaceae), a new distributional record for Peninsular India. Ann. Plant Sci. 2 (5): 153-155. 

7.      Senthil Kumar, K., V. Aravindhan and A. Rajendran. (2012). Ethnomedicinal plants used for curing Gastro-intestinal ailments by Malayali tribes in Yercaud Hills, Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. J. Biosci. Res. 3 (4): 234-239.

8.      Binu Thomas, Rajendran, A. and Aravindhan, V. (2012). Chasmophytes: the potential plants for rock gardening, from Velliangiri Hills of Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Bot. Report.  1 (1): 14-19. 

9.      P. Samydurai, S. Jagatheshkumar, V. Aravindhan and V. Thangapandian. (2012). Survey of wild aromatic ethnomedicinal plants of Velliangiri hills in the Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Int. J. Med. Arom. Plants 2 (2): 229-234.

10. Jayanthi, P., Aravindhan, V. and Rajendran, A. (2012). Phytotherapeutic plants of Madukkarai Hills in the Southern Western Ghats of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. Int. J. Ayurvedic Herbal Med. 2 (5): 897-906. 

11. Binu Thomas, Rajendran, A. Aravindhan, V. and Sivalingam, R. (2012). Ethnobotanical survey of plants used by Kuruma tribe for the treatment of cuts and wounds in Kerala, India. Asian Pac. J. Trop. Biomed. 1: 1-3.  

12. Samydurai, V. Thangapandian and V. Aravindhan. (2012). Wild habits of Kolli hills being stable food of inhabitant tribes of Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian J. Nat. Prod. & Resources 3 (3): 432-437.   

13. Aravindhan, V., Rajendran, A., Binu Thomas and Maharani, M. (2012). Assessment of Wild Ornamental Plants of Coimbatore District, South India:
A Horticultural Approach. Advances Plant Sci. 25 (1): 269-272.

14. Binu Thomas, A. Rajendran, V. Aravindhan and M. Maharajan. (2012). Antidiabetic Potential Plants of Southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Advances Plant Sci. 25 (1): 261-263. 

15. Amirthavalli, K.S., V. Aravindhan and A. Rajendran. (2011). Phytotherapeutic Practices in the Krishnagiri District of Tamil Nadu, India. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 35 (3): 433-438.  

16. M. Parthipan, V. Aravindhan and A. Rajendran. (2011). Medico-Botanical study of Yercaud hills in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Ancient Sci. Life 30 (4): 104-109.  

17. Sarvalingam, A., Rajendran, A. and Aravindhan, V. (2011). Curative Climbers of Maruthamalai Hills in the Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Int. J. Med. Plants: 1 (3): 326-332.

18. A. Poongodi, S. Thilagavathi, V. Aravindhan and A. Rajendran. (2011). Observations on some ethnomedicinal plants in Sathyamangalam forests of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India. J. Med. Plants Res. 5 (19):  4709-4714.  

19. V. Aravindhan, K. Sathiyadas, A. Rajendran and Binu Thomas. (2011). Some rare and endemic medicinal orchids of Velliangiri hills of Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian Forester 137 (9): 1077-1081. 

20. Jayanthi, P., Rajendran, A., Binu Thomas, Aravindhan, V. and Sivalingam, R. (2011). Biodiversity of Lithophytes in Madukkarai hills of Southern Western Ghats of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. Int. J. Biol. Tech 2 (2): 76-82.  

21. Binu Thomas, A. Rajendran, V. Aravindhan and R. Sivalingam. (2011). Ethnoveterinary medicines of the tribe Paniyars in Kerala, India. Int. J. Biol. Tech 2 (2): 72-75.  

22. T. Umapriya, A. Rajendran, V. Aravindhan, Binu Thomas and M. Maharajan. (2011). Ethnobotany of Irular tribe in Palamalai Hills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Indian J. Nat. Prod.  Resources 2 (2): 250-255. 

23. Binu Thomas, Rajendran, A., Aravindhan V. and M. Maharajan. (2011). Wild ornamental chasmophytic plants for rockery. Global J. Modern Biol. Tech. 1 (3): 20-21.

24. V. Aravindhan, A. Rajendran, Binu Thomas and M. Maharajan. (2011). Weeds and their potential values in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 35 (1): 108-114.  

25. T. Uma Priya, A. Rajendran, V. Aravindhan, Binu Thomas and M. Maharajan. (2010). Traditional Medication of Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu. Global J. Pharmacol. 4 (3): 107-110.

26. Sasi, R., Rajendran, A. and Aravindhan, V. (2010). Ethno-hair tonic precepts in Velliangiri hills of South Western Ghats. Ethnobotany 22: 107-110.

27. Binu Thomas, V. Aravindhan, M. Maharajan and A. Rajendran. (2010). Wild Edible Roots and Tubers and Their Contribution to the Food Security of Shola Naikens of Kerala, India. J. Non-Timber Forest Prod. 17 (4): 449-451.

B). Book Chapters

§  Aravindhan V., Mahendran G. and Rajendran, A. 2013. Medicinal plants sold in the Velliangiri hills, the Southern Western Ghats of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. In: T. Parimelazhagan (Ed.) Turning Plants into Medicines. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. pp. 13-21.

§  Binu Thomas, Rajendran, A. and Aravindhan V. 2013. Wound healing chasmophytes of Velliangiri hills, Southern Western Ghats of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. In: T. Parimelazhagan (Ed.) Turning Plants into Medicines. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. pp. 141-148.

§  Binu Thomas, V. Aravindhan and A. Rajendran. (2012). Some Rare and Endemic Chasmophytes in the Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. In: (Ramachandran, V.S. Ed.) Plant Diversity and Conservation. Pointer Publishers, Jaipur, India. pp. 58-69.

§  Rajendran, A. and Aravindhan, V.  (2011). Therapeutic potential orchids Velliangiri hills in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. In: Herbal Drug Research: Recent Trends & Progress: A Research Close to Nature. Edited by
T. Parimelazhagan. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH. & Co., Germany. pp. 235-246. 

§  Rajendran, A. and V. Aravindhan. (2010). Credibility of Folk-claims in Western Ghats – Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. In: Ramachandran, V.S. (Ed.). Proc. XX Annual Conference of Indian Association for Angiosperms Taxonomy (IAAT) & International symposium on “Taxonomy, Plant diversity and Conservation”. pp. 219-247.