Abstract:
The flora of Goa is relatively underexplored when compared to the neighbouring states, namely Karnataka and Maharashtra. This is true at least with regard to the seasonal plants, as in the case of the family Scrophulariaceae. The latest work on the region by Rao (Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra and Nagarhaveli, 1985-86) records 32 species, out of which only 24 species (including three cultivated) are specifically reported from Goa, whereas 41 species are recorded for the adjacent Savantwadi area (Almeida 1990. The Flora of Savantwadi vol. I) for the family Scrophulariaceae. During our work on the Scrophulariaceae of Goa, we found that some more taxa have not been recorded from Goa by Rao. These have been reported in this paper.
