Publications in national and international journals:

1.      Nandikar, M and Gurav, R. Critical studies on systematics of Murdannia lanuginosa (Wall. ex C. B. Cl) Brueck. (Commelinaceae). Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.4619.2> (2010)

2.      Nandikar, M. D., Lekhak, M. and Gurav, R. V.  2010. Karyotype analysis of a new cytotype of Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson (Commelinaceae). Nucleus. 53 (3): 95 -97.

3.      SR Yadav, AN Chandore, SM Gund, MD Nandikar, M Lekhak 2010. Relocation of Hubbardia heptaneuron Bor, from its type locality. Current science 98 (7): 72.

4.      Gurav, R. V., Nandikar, M. D. and Dangat, B. T. 2011. On the occurrence of the jewel orchid Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume in Western Ghats of India. Richardiana 12 (1): 39 – 45.

5.      Nandikar, M. D. and Gurav, R. V. 2011. A new species of Murdannia Royle (Commelinaceae) from Northern Western Ghats of India. Taiwania 56 (3): 227 – 230.

6.      Nandikar, M. D., Gurav, R. V. and Umesh, D. 2011. Rediscovery of Murdannia striatipetala (commelinaceae)- a little known species from southern India with a note on its identity and distribution. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 108 (1): 67 – 68.

7.      MM Lekhak, M D Nandikar, SR Yadav 2011. Karyomorphology of Flemingia nilgheriensis (Baker) Wight ex T. Cooke: An Endemic from Western Ghats, Cytologia 76 (3), 243–248

8.      TB Desai, M D Nandikar 2012. Impact of urbanization on avenue trees and its role in carbon sequestration: a case study in Kolhapur city, International Journal of Environmental Sciences 3 (1), 481–486.

9.      Ramana MV, Nandikar M. D, Gurav RV, Tagore JK, Sanjappa M. 2013. Murdannia saddlepeakensis (Commelinaceae) – a new species from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. PhytoKeys 20: 9–15. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.20.3611

10.    Nandikar Mayur, Rajdeo Singh, Rajaram Gurav, Rajendra Shinde 2013. Lectotypification and notes on the identity of Christisonia calcarata Wight (Orobanchaceae). Rheedea 23:1. 26–29.

11.    Nandikar Mayur & Gurav Rajaram. 2014. Commelina beddomei (Commelinaceae), A New name for Endemic Beddome’s Commelina hirsuta from Western Ghats of India.Plant Sciences Feed. 4:     1. 1–5.

12.    Nandikar, M.D. & R.V. Gurav (2014). A taxonomic account of Amischotolype (Commelinaceae) and notes on the occurrence of Porandra in India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(5): 5774–5780; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3500. 5774-80

13.    Nandikar, M.D. & R.V. Gurav (2014). A revision of the genus Cyanotis D.Don (Commelinaceae) in India Taiwania 59(4) in press.

Papers presented at conferences and seminars:

1.      Gurav, R. V. and Nandikar, M. D. Successful transplantation of trees: Phase- I. 19th Annual Conference of IAAT and International Symposium on Angiosperm Systematics and Phylogeny: Retrsospects and Prospects at Shivaji National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow from 12th to 14th November 2009.

2.      Nandikar, M. D. and Gurav, R. V. Critical studies on systematics of Murdannia lanuginosa (Wall. Ex C. B. Cl.) Brueck (Commelinaceae). 19th Annual Conference of IAAT and International Symposium on Angiosperm Systematics and Phylogeny: Retrsospects and Prospects at Shivaji National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow from 12th to 14th November 2009.

3.      Nandikar, M. D. and Gurav, R. V. Cladistic analysis of genus Murdannia Royle (Commelinaceae) of Western Ghats of India. National Conference on Plant Biodiversity at Y. C. Institute of Science, Satara (MS) India on 23rd and 24th April 2010.

4.      Nandikar, M. D. and Gurav, R. V. Family Commelinaceae in India- Diversity and Threats. 20th Annual Conference of IAAT and International Symposium on Taxonomy, Plant Diversity and Conservation at Bharthiar University, Coimbatore on 26th to 28th November 2010.

5.      Dangat, B. T.; Gurav, R. V. and Nandikar M. D. Howkmoth pollination in Habenaria longicorniculata J. Graham (Orchidaceae). International Symposium and 22^nd Annual Conference of IAAT on Innovative Prospects in Angiosperm Taxonomy 28–30 October 2012.

6.      Nandikar, M. D. and Gurav, R. V. Systematic studies on the genus Murdannia (Commelinaceae) in India. 23^rd Annual Conference of IAAT and National seminar on Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy research, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur 27–29 December 2013

7.      Gurav, R. V. and Nandikar M. D. The Commelinaceae of India: Diversity, Endemism and Geographic distribution. 23^rd Annual Conference of IAAT and National seminar on Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy research, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur 27–29 December 2013

8.      Rutuja R. Kolte and Mayur D. Nandikar. Comparative Anatomical Studies in tribes Tradescantieae and Commelineae (Commelinaceae) 24^th Annual Conference of IAAT and National seminar on Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy research, Bhartidasan University, Trichurpally.