Identification and Conservation of Important Plant Areas - Plantlife

Identification and Conservation of Important Plant Areas for Medicinal Plants in the HimalayaTaxon fAcacia catechu (L.f.) Willd.Aconitum balfourii StapfAconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser. bAconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle bAconitum leave RoyleAconitum spicatum StapfAconitum violaceum Jacq. ex StapfAcorus calamus L. aAnisodus tanguticus (Maxim.) PascherAsparagus adscendens Roxb.Asparagus racemosus Willd. aAtropa acuminata RoyleBergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb.Bistorta amplexicaulis (G. Don) GreeneBunium persicum (Boiss.) B. Fedtsch.Butea monosperma (Lam.) KuntzeCephalotaxus fortunei Hook. f.Colchicum luteum BakerCoptis teeta Wall. bCordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc.Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) SooDelphinium himalayai Munz.Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Griseb. aEphedra gerardiana Wall. ex StapfFritillaria cirrhosa D. DonGastrodia elata Bl.Meconopsis punicea Maxim.Morchella esculenta (L.) Pers. (NB.Also Morchella generally a )Nardostachys grandiflora DC. aNeopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) Hong a (Picrorhizakurrooa Royle ex Benth. in western Himalaya)Oroxylum indicum (L.) KurzPaeonia emodi Wall. ex RoyleParis polyphylla Sm.Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex D. DonPistacia chinensis BungePolygonatum multiflorum (L.) All.Przewalskia tangutica Maxim.Psammosilene tunicoides W.C.Wu & C.Y.WuRauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex KurzRheum australe D. DonRheum tanguticum Maxim.Rhodiola rosea L.DistributionP I N BI(c) NI(e) N BP I(w) N BP I(w) NI(e) N BP I(w,c)P I(w,c,e) NCP I(w)P I N B CP I(w)P I NP I(p)P I(w)P I NCP I(w,c)I(e) CI N B CP I(p) N BNP I(p) N BP I(w) N BI(c,e) N CCCP NI(p) N BI N B CP I NP I(w)I(p) N B CPP I N CP I(w,c)CCI(p) N BP I NCCNotesProtected (N)Endangered (I – IUCN)Vulnerable (IUCN). Over-harvested (N)Regarded as high conservation priority (I).Commercially threatened (N)Commercially threatened (N)Vulnerable (I – IUCN)Cultivated (I). Over-harvested (N)Critically endangered (I – IUCN)Commercially threatened (I)High conservation priority (P) eHigh conservation priority (P) eCultivated in I, so regarded as low riskHigh conservation priority (P) eEndangered (C) dOver-harvested and protected (N). Extremely rare (B)c.Vulnerable (C) dCITES Appendix II. High conservation priority (I).Over-harvested and protected (N)Commercially over-harvested (N)CITES Appendix II. High conservation priority (I).Commercially threatened (N)High conservation priority (I).NB: Several spp. of Fritillaria are protected (C)Vulnerable (C) dPrioritised for recovery (P) e . Over-harvested (N)Endangered (IUCN). CITES Appendix II. Overharvestedand protected (N)N. scrophulariiflora:Vulnerable (IUCN). P. kurrooa: onCITES Appendix II. Over-harvested (N). Protected (N,C). Extremely rare (B) cVulnerable (IUCN)Endangered (I – IUCN)Vulnerable (IUCN), (C) d . Over-harvested (N)Prioritised for recovery (P) eOver-harvested and rare (N)Rare (I)Rare (C) d , Endangered (C) dCITES Appendix II. Over-harvested and protected (N)Syn. R. emodi Wall. ex Meisn.Vulnerable (I – IUCN)40