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Anthropogenic impact on the medicinal plant wealth of Tangmarg (Gulmarg), Jammu and Kashmir, India

Authors: Akhter, A., Qureshi, I.A., Dar, A.R., Wani, M.R., Andleeb, L., Shah, N.H. and Inam, A.

Journal: Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volume: 20

Issue: 3

Pages: 880-885

ISSN: 0972-3005

Abstract:

For assessing the effect of various factors which have contributed to the loss of our natural resources particularly medicinal plant wealth, a detailed survey by way of enlisting medicinal flora at six localities of Tangmarg, 12 km downstream of famous tourist resort Gulmarg (39 km north of Srinagar) was conducted. Since a great variety of medicinal plants have been exposed to increased anthropogenic pressures, as a result large number of important species have become threatened and even some have become critically endangered. Out of total 62 medicinal plants enlisted in the present study, 6 were found to be critically endangered (CR), 10 endangered (EN), 06 vulnerable (VU), 27 rare (R) and 13 secure (S).

Source: Scopus