Thank you for your comment;... a comment from the expert of the family in Western Himalaya. I believe that a narrow endemic with only a population of 5000 individuals (or little more) is always at risk of extinction. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Thursday, May 9, 2013 5:57:06 PM UTC+5:30, Umeshkumar Tiwari wrote: > > Dear Dr DS Rawat, > > Yes It is an endemic species, but very common in Uttarakhand specially in > two district (Chamoli and Pithoragarh). > > I have seen this plant in four different localities in the state and > counted app. 5000 individuals. Yes this species have only limited habitats. > > As i had published in my paper in The Checklist and also mention in my > Thesis. > > Good to See it again, > > Thanks, > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:38 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> *Berberis osmastonii* Dunn. (Berberidaceae) is a narrow endemic of >> Uttarakhand. No photograph of this endemic species is available on web and >> the photograph uploaded here is probably the first one as I failed to find >> it on the net. >> >> This species is extremely rare and listed in Indian Red Data Book and IUCN >> Red Data Book 1997. >> >> I noticed few individuals in the habitat. >> >> Locality of the species is intentionally not disclosed to avoid >> collection from this wild habitat. >> >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Dr. Umeshkumar Tiwari, Research Associate > www.medicinalplantsofuttarakhand.in > *www. <http://www.planttaxonomy.blogspot.com/>*planttaxonomy.blogspot.com > Dept.Repository for Medicinal Resources > Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) > Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine > No.74/2, Jarakbande Kaval > Post: Attur, Via Yelahanka > Bangalore - 560 064 > +91-9591862200 (KA) > +91-9411313351(UK) > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
