Download or read book EREMOSTACHYS SUPERBA written by Dr. Y.P.S Pundir and published by Creative Grove. This book was released on with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in human history, in recent years HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY as a whole is endangered and more than 10% species of the flowering plants of this region are threatened due to modern man’s intervention with the environment in the name of development, industrialization, urbanization, rehabilitation etc. In addition to this, to meet the increasing demand of the modern civilized population of the plains for raw plant materials a large number of forest species are over exploited and many of them are now threatened. Secondly, increasing human population with time in the Himalayan hills and also the increasing population of their cattle and goats have also exerted great biotic pressure, which is increasing day by day on the forest cover, and this has further strengthen the threat. Although WESTERN HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY, as a whole, is threatened, DOON VALLEY, one of the largest valley in the world, is facing the worst situation. This valley, due to its natural boundaries within which it is enclosed – the Himalayan mountains (Mussoorie hills) in the north and Siwalik hills in the south, which are always in view, and on its two sides being bounded by two most important and holy rivers Ganga (Ganges) and Jamuna (Yamuna), is considered among the most beautiful valleys in the world. Moreover, it is also famous from prehistoric days for its natural heritage and valuable plant wealth with a very rich and diversified flora with more than 1600 species of the flowering plants, which include both tropical and temperate elements. The species are significant from the scientific, cultural, and utilization viewpoints as they grow in a wide range of habitats (marshes, swamps, humid shady places and on extremely dry parts of steep ridges and hills), which provide great ecological diversity. In brief, a very few areas in India can claim to have such a diversified range of plants of indigenous and exotic origin as Dehradun, Saharanpur-Siwaliks and Mussoorie hills (Western Himalayas). But today, unfortunately, biodiversity of this region of Western Himalaya as a whole is endangered; or in other words, a biodiversity crisis has developed in last few decades because in past 40 years an appreciable part of Doon Valley land has been cleaned for rehabilitation, urbanization and industrialization, and a large number of species have also been extracted in most unplanned manner resulting in a sudden fall in their population. Thus some time back, the seriousness of the problem forced the environmentalists to declare this region as ecological fragile. Thus realizing the need of time, in past 3-4 decades HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY has been the subject of much discussion in seminars and conferences which gave birth to voluminous writings with a common goal of three points (i) Deteriorating situation of Himalaya and the disappearing species, (ii) Conserve/Protect them, and (iii) Suggestion on conservation methods. Unfortunately, all these discussions and suggestions on plant diversity remained on paper. So far, concerted practical attempts have not been made in any part of Western Himalayas to conserve the endemic, endangered and non-commercial rare plant species in situ and ex situ. Therefore, many species have reached in the danger zone of extinction or have disappeared from the flora of the region. Thus realizing the urgent need of time, the work to conserve some non-commercial forest species, was taken up some time back (1997-2001), with the financial assistance provided by G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora. As far as I am aware, this was the first work of its kind on Western Himalayan biodiversity, which aimed to conserve, in real sense, in situ as well as ex situ (with similar ecological conditions) three non-commercial but endangered, and rare plant species (Pittosporum eriocarpum Royle, Eremostachys superba Royle ex Benth., and Catamixis baccharoides Thoms.) of Doon Valley, Saharanpur-Siwaliks and lower Mussoorie hills. Eremostachys superba Royle ex Benth., which is detailed here, is endemic in Siwaliks; unfortunate, now less than 50 plants are left in its actual type locality Mohand Pass, Siwaliks (Uttarakhand).
Download or read book Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Therapeutic Applications of Medicinal Plants written by Mohd. Shahid and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides an overview of current trends in biotechnology and medicinal plant sciences. The work includes detailed chapters on various advance biotechnological tools involved in production of phytoactive compounds of medicinal significance. Some recent and novel research studies on therapeutic applications of different medicinal plants from various geographical regions of the world have also been included. These studies report the antimicrobial activity of various natural plant products against various pathogenic microbial strains. Informative chapters on recent emerging applications of plant products such as source for nutraceuticals and vaccines have been integrated to cover latest advances in the field. This book also explores the conservation aspect of medicinal plants. Thus, chapters having comprehensively complied in vitro conservation protocols for various commercially important rare, threatened and endangered medicinal plants were provided in the present book.
Download or read book A Working List of the Flowering Plants of Baluchistan written by Isaac Henry Burkill and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epipogum aphyllum - Orchidaceae - Iran
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Download or read book CATAMIXIS BACCHAROIDES written by Dr. Y.P.S Pundir and published by Creative Grove. This book was released on with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in human history, in recent years Western HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY as a whole is endangered and more than 10% species of the flowering plants of this region are threatened due to modern man’s intervention with the environment in the name of development, industrialization, urbanization, rehabilitation etc. In addition to this, to meet the increasing demand of the modern civilized population of the plains for raw plant materials a large number of forest species are over-exploited and many of them are now threatened. Secondly, increasing human population with time in the Himalayan hills and also the increasing population of their cattle and goats have also exerted great biotic pressure, which is increasing day by day on the forest cover, and this has further strengthen the threat. Although WESTERN HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY, as a whole, is threatened, DOON VALLEY, one of the largest valley in the world, is facing the worst situation. This valley, due to its natural boundaries within which it is enclosed – the Himalayan mountains (Mussoorie hills) in the north and Siwalik hills in the south, which are always in view, and on its two sides being bounded by two most important and holy rivers Ganga (Ganges) and Jamuna (Yamuna), is considered among the most beautiful valleys in the world. Moreover, it is also famous from prehistoric days for its natural heritage and valuable plant wealth with a very rich and diversified flora with more than 1600 species of the flowering plants, which include both tropical and temperate elements. The species are significant from the scientific, cultural, and utilization viewpoints as they grow in a wide range of habitats (marshes, swamps, humid shady places and on extremely dry parts of steep ridges and hills), which provided great ecological diversity. In brief, a very few areas in India can claim to have such a diversified range of plants of indigenous and exotic origin as Dehradun, Saharanpur-Siwaliks and Mussoorie hills (Western Himalayas). Unfortunately, biodiversity of this region of Western Himalaya as a whole is endangered. In other words, a biodiversity crisis has developed in last few decades because in past 40 year, an appreciable part of Doon Valley land has been cleaned for rehabilitation, urbanization and industrialization, and a large number of species have been extracted in most unplanned manner resulting in a sudden fall in their population. Thus some time back, the seriousness of the problem forced the environmentalists to declare this region as ecological fragile. Thus realizing the need of time, in past 3-4 decades HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY has been the subject of much discussion in seminars and conferences, which gave birth to voluminous writings. Unfortunately, all these discussions and suggestions on plant diversity remained on paper. So far, concerted practical attempts have not been made in any part of Western Himalayas to conserve the endemic, endangered and non-commercial rare wild plant species in situ and ex situ. Therefore, many species have reached in the danger zone of extinction or have disappeared from the flora of the region. Thus realizing the urgent need of time, the work to conserve some non-commercial forest wild species, was taken some time back in 1997-2001. As far as I am aware, this was the first work of its kind on Western Himalayan Biodiversity, which aimed to conserve, in real sense, in situ as well as ex situ some non-commercial but endangered, and rare wild plant species of Doon Valley, Saharanpur-Siwaliks and lower Mussoorie hills. Catamixis baccharoides Thoms, which is endemic in a very small part of Uttarakhand hills (Western Himalayas) in Haridwar and Saharanpur Siwalik hills in India is detailed here. The book with more than 50 color photographs and distribution maps is prepared to high light (A to Z) known facts about this disappearing species, cited below.
Download or read book Pittosporum eriocarpum Royle ENDANGERED written by Dr. Y.P.S. Pundir and published by Creative Grove. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in human history, in recent years Western HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY as a whole is endangered and more than 10% species of the flowering plants of this region are threatened due to modern man’s intervention with the environment in the name of development, industrialization, urbanization, rehabilitation etc. In addition to this, to meet the increasing demand of the modern civilized population of the plains for raw plant materials a large number of forest species are over-exploited and many of them are now threatened. Secondly, increasing human population with time in the Himalayan hills and also the increasing population of their cattle and goats have also exerted great biotic pressure, which is increasing day by day on the forest cover, and this has further strengthen the threat. Although WESTERN HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY, as a whole, is threatened, DOON VALLEY, one of the largest valley in the world, is facing the worst situation. This valley, due to its natural boundaries within which it is enclosed – the Himalayan mountains (Mussoorie hills) in the north and Siwalik hills in the south, which are always in view, and on its two sides being bounded by two most important and holy rivers Ganga (Ganges) and Jamuna (Yamuna), is considered among the most beautiful valleys in the world. Moreover, it is also famous from prehistoric days for its natural heritage and valuable plant wealth with a very rich and diversified flora with more than 1600 species of the flowering plants, which include both tropical and temperate elements. The species are significant from the scientific, cultural, and utilization viewpoints as they grow in a wide range of habitats (marshes, swamps, humid shady places and on extremely dry parts of steep ridges and hills), which provided great ecological diversity. In brief, a very few areas in India can claim to have such a diversified range of plants of indigenous and exotic origin as Dehradun, Saharanpur-Siwaliks and Mussoorie hills (Western Himalayas). Unfortunately, biodiversity of this region of Western Himalaya as a whole is endangered. In other words, a biodiversity crisis has developed in last few decades because in past 40 year, an appreciable part of Doon Valley land has been cleaned for rehabilitation, urbanization and industrialization, and a large number of species have been extracted in most unplanned manner resulting in a sudden fall in their population. Thus some time back, the seriousness of the problem forced the environmentalists to declare this region as ecological fragile. Thus realizing the need of time, in past 3-4 decades HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY has been the subject of much discussion in seminars and conferences, which gave birth to voluminous writings. Unfortunately, all these discussions and suggestions on plant diversity remained on paper. So far, concerted practical attempts have not been made in any part of Western Himalayas to conserve the endemic, endangered and non-commercial rare wild plant species in situ and ex situ. Therefore, many species have reached in the danger zone of extinction or have disappeared from the flora of the region. Thus realizing the urgent need of time, the work to conserve some non-commercial forest wild species, was taken up some time back in 1997-2001. As far as I am aware, this was the first work of its kind on Western Himalayan Biodiversity, which aimed to conserve, in real sense, in situ as well as ex situ some non-commercial but endangered, and rare wild plant species of Doon Valley, Saharanpur-Siwaliks and lower Mussoorie hills. Pittosporum eriocarpum Royle, which is endemic in a very small part of Uttarakhand hills (Western Himalayas) in Doon Valley, Lower Mussoorie hills, and rarely in a small part of Kumaon hills, is detailed here. The book with more than 100 color photographs and distribution maps is prepared to high light (A to Z) known facts about this disappearing species, cited below.
Download or read book Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series Sarawan written by Baluchistan (Pakistan) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference written by Tim Johnson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 3034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference contains almost 30,000 concise ethnobotanical monographs of plant species characteristics and an inventory of claimed attributes and historical uses by cultures throughout the world-the most ambitious attempt to date to inventory plants on a global scale and match botanical information with historical and current uses.To obtain the same information about any species listed, you would have to thumb through hundreds of herbal guides, ethnobotanical manuals, and regional field guides. Sources for this index include the three largest U.S. Government ethnobotany databases, the U.S. National Park Service NPFlora plant inventory lists, and 18 leading works on the subject.
Download or read book Climate Change Impact on Ecosystem written by J. Sundaresan and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published information and database on regional climate trend is far few in tropical regions especially in South East Asia.Present book “Climate Change Impact on ecosystem” consists twenty research topics on climate driving forces from South East Asia.These studies are from different geographical locations and ecosystems extended all over Indian continent and beyond.Subject covered in this book are of multi-characteristics and interdisciplinary viz.impact of climate change in - Jhuming the traditional agriculture among the tribal regions of Manipur, Botanical garden network ,coastal stability, water resources of islands, remote sensed data and extreme weather conditions, global temperature variation and monsoon, mitigation , policy aspects and so an.Basic information and data on the impact of climate change on physical, biological and geological systems are an important characteristics of this book.It suggest mitigation and adaptation from basic units of society viz.family / household level. This book is a significant contribution to regional climatic trend and responses from climatic data sparse Indian subcontinent.
Download or read book Systematic Botany written by Bharati Bhattacharyya and published by Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern angiosperm taxonomy or systematics provides a strong foundation for the progress of biological sciences as it incorporates studies on biosystematics, chemical and serological evidences, numerical taxonomy, cytogenetical and ecological evidences and many others. This book accounts for information on classical and fundamental aspects of taxonomy as well as its recent developments. Special attention has been paid to the chapters on origin of Angiosperms, Theory of Evolution and Evolutionary trends in Angiosperm Flowers. The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Important herbaria, Techniques for the preparation, storage and study of herbarium specimens, Botanical gardens, and Taxonomic literature are discussed in detail and includes the study of some selected families belonging to 21 orders. For each family, general features and evidence from anatomical, embryological, chromosome numbers and phytochemical data have been added and evolutionary trends discussed. Attention has also been drawn to economic importance and geographical distribution of these families. Illustrations for some members of these families have also been added.
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