High Altitude Medicinal Plant Diversity and Conservation Strategies in Uttarakhand: An overview

G. S. Panwar; R. Manikandan; Puneet Kumar; S. K. Srivastava

doi:10.36808/if/2018/v144i3/122760

High Altitude Medicinal Plant Diversity and Conservation Strategies in Uttarakhand: An overview

Authors

G. S. Panwar Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
R. Manikandan Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Puneet Kumar Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
S. K. Srivastava Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2018/v144i3/122760

Keywords:

Medicinal Plants, Conservation, Ex-situ, In-situ.

Abstract

The study reveals that there are 1650 species of ethno-medicinal plants recorded from the state of Uttarakhand, out of these around 701 species are high altitude medicinal plants and among these high altitude regions about 161 species are under various threatened categories.

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