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Table 5 Threatened species of Indian Himalayan region used in ethnomedicine practices in study area

From: Ethnomedicinal plants used by local inhabitants of Jakholi block, Rudraprayag district, western Himalaya, India

S.No

Botanical name

IUCN (1993)[60]

CAMP (Conservation Assessment and Management Plan) (1998) [61]

RDB (Nayar and Shastry, 1987, 1988, 1990) [62]

Gaur (1999)[11]

Dhar et al. (2002) [63]

Nautiyal and Nautiyal (2004) [64]

IUCN

(2017)

1

Aconitum balfourii Stapf

 

CR

VU

CR

   

2

Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle

VU

CR

  

EN

EN

EN

3

Acorus calamus L.

 

VU

    

LC

4

Berberis lyceum Royle

 

EN

     

5

Berberis chitria Buch. Hamex Lindl

 

EN

     

6

Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb.

 

VU

 

UV

   

7

Betula utilis D. Don

    

EN

  

8

Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D. Don) G. Don

      

LC

9

Centella asiatica (L.) Urban

      

LC

10

Cinnamomum tamala (Buch.-Ham.) T. Nees & Eberm.

 

LR

VU

    

11

Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soo

 

CR

EN

  

R

 

12

Delphinium denudatum Wall. ex Hook. f. & Thomson

 

CR

     

13

Engelhardtia spicata Lechen ex Blume

      

LC

14

Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis

       

15

Hedychium spicatum Sm.

 

VU

     

16

Juglans regia L.

      

NT

17

Jurinea macrocephala DC.

 

LR

VU

R

   

18

Mangifera indica L.

      

DD

19

Megacarpaea polyandra Benth. ex Madden

     

VU

 

20

Nardostachys jatamansi (D. Don) DC.

 

CR

  

CR

 

CR

21

Paeonia emodi Royle

 

VU

 

VU

   

22

Paris polyphylla Sm.

     

VU

 

23

Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth.

VU

EN

EN

 

EN

  

24

Pinus roxburghii Sarg.

      

LC

25

Rheum emodi Wall. ex Meisn.

 

VU

  

VU

  

26

Podophyllum hexandrum Royle

EN

CR

EN

 

EN

EN

 

27

Taxus wallichiana Zucc.

 

CR

  

CR

  

28

Thalictrum foliolosum DC.

 

VU

     

29

Valeriana jatamansi Jones

 

CR

EN

    
  1. CR critically endangered, VU vulnerable, EN endangered, LR lower risk near threatened, LC least concern, DD data deficient, NT near threatened, R rare
  2. IUCN: The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
  3. http://www.iucnredlist.org 28 May 2017 Data base