Research Article, J Biodivers Manage Forestry Vol: 2 Issue: 4
A Glimpse of Vegetation and Threatened Medicinal Plant Diversity of Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, Garhwal Himalaya
| Priyanka Agnihotri1*, Manoj Semwal2, Harsh Singh1 and Tariq Husain1 | |
| 1Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India | |
| 2CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow-226015, India | |
| Corresponding author : Dr. Priyanka Agnihotri Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India E-mail: priyagni_2006@yahoo.co.in |
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| Received: September 16, 2013 Accepted: November 28, 2013 Published: December 02, 2013 | |
| Citation: Priyanka A, Manoj S, Harsh S, Husain T (2013) Population Status of Rhododendron mechukae-A Newly Recorded Endemic Species from Eastern Himalaya, India. J Biodivers Manage Forestry 2:4. doi:10.4172/2327-4417.1000116 |
Abstract
A Glimpse of Vegetation and Threatened Medicinal Plant Diversity of Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, Garhwal Himalaya
Govind Wild Life Sanctuary (GWLS), situated in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, India, supports enormous plant diversity including several threatened plants of high medicinal value. Despite of legal protection this protected area is facing severe threat due to anthropogenic pressure, which in turn produces adverse natural pressure. The forest and vegetation types including some highly medicinal plants and their habitats in GWLS have been highlighted in the present study.
