Indian Pandanaceae - an overview

1. Dr. Altafhusain Nadaf is a Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, University of Pune, Pune; working in the area of biochemistry and molecular genetics of Indian Pandanaceae for past 10 years. He was awarded DST-BOYSCAST Fellowship to work as a Visiting Fellow at Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia for one year in 2010-11. He has received research grants by several funding agencies including DST-Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists and DBT-Rapid grant for Young Investigators (RGYI). He has successfully guided several Ph. D. and M. Phil. Students and women scientists (under DST-Women Scientists Scheme -A & B). He is working as a reviewer for many International journals. He has in his credit more than 40 research papers published in peer reviewed national and international journals of repute. He has presented his research work at national and international level. 2. Dr. Rahul Zanan is a young researcher working on the taxonomy and phylogeny of Indian Pandanaceae for past 5 years. He has obtained his doctoral degree from University of Pune, Pune. He has published 8 research papers in International journals. He is the authority on 3 new Pandanus species of India. He has received several awards for best oral and poster presentations in International and National conferences.

• Dedication.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1 World Pandanaceae: An overview.- Chapter 2 Indian Pandanaceae: Present Status and Need of Revision.- Chapter 3 Biogeography of Indian Pandanaceae.- Chapter 4 Morphology of Indian Pandanaceae.- Chapter 5 Species Identification Key for Indian Pandanaceae.- Chapter 6 Phylogenetic Relationship among the Indian Pandanus Species.- Chapter 7 Economical Importance of Indian Pandanus species.- Chapter 8 Conservation of Indian Pandanaceae: Current Status and Need.- Glossary.- Index.

From the book reviews:“The authors have visited the whole sub-continent to collect, study and understand the species in the field and reported their results in the eight chapters of this book. … the results presented in this monumental and much-needed work will serve people with a broad spectrum of interests and will stimulate future research and interest in this economically important family in India.” (S. Buerki and M. W. Callmander, Kew Bulletin, Vol. 69, 2014)