1. Botanical name

Meconopis aculeata Royle

2. Synonym(s) 

-

3. Family

Papaveraceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Tsher – Sngon (Tibetian)

6. Habit

Herb

7. Habitat

Grows in higher altitude in eastern part, Moraines cliffs, Rocky region, Boulders. Endemic to W. Himalaya with restricted distribution.

8. Original global distribution

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India

9. Current

regional

distribution

Himachal Pradesh

Kullu (5), Kinnaur (4), Chamba (3), Lahual-Spiti (3), Rohtang, GHNP, Sagnla, Moral danda, Churdhar

Jammu & Kashmir

Chandanbadi, Madwa

Uttaranchal

Valley of flowers

10. Elevation range (m)

2,400 to 4,700

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to <49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Himachal Pradesh

 

 

 

ü

Jammu & Kashmir

 

 

ü

 

Uttaranchal

 

ü

 

 

Global

 

 

ü

 

Data quality

2

11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)

10 years

12. Extent of Occurrence – EOO 

>20, 000 Km2

13. Area of Occupancy – AOO

> 2,000 Km2

14. No. of  locations / sub-populations 

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

Many

10

Many

14 a. Data quality

3

15. Threats

Hm (Harvest for medicine), Lf (Loss of Habitat), T (Trade)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Patishan Rooli

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Roots

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

3

17. Other comments

Common Blue Poppy has its use in Tibetan Medicine

Roots contain xanthotoxin

18. Recent field studies

N.S. Chauhan, 1992, Ravikumar and Suma, 2000


19. Status

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

- CITES     

-

- Legislation

-

- Criteria based on

CR (A 2 c, d)

EN (A 2 c, d)

VU (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

EN (G)

20. % of global presence

60 – 70 %

21. Existing Conservation measures

Found with in the high altitude PAs of Uttaranchal

22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ?

-

23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures?

-

24. Recommendations

Hm (Habitat management), S (Survey), M (Monitoring), Lr (Limited resource management)

Research / Management

a) in situ

Jammu &Kashmir – Chandanbadi, Madwa; Himachal Pradesh – Rohtang, Mani Mahesh, Mural danda, Parvath valley; Uttaranchal – Valley of flowers

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

2 (Moderately difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

EN-JMK, VU-HP (Kullu CAMP)

27. Data sources (Including literature)

Survey report (unpublished) by N.S. Chauhan, Chamba

S.K. Singh and G.S. Rawat, 1998. long term monitoring vegetation in GHNP

28. Compilers

Rekha Naithani, N.K. Bhardwaj, Kailash Sharma, R. K. Verma, Vaneet Jishtu, Rajender Kumar, Ranjit Rawat (Recorder), N. S. Chauhan (Facilitator), Vinay Tandon, H. K. Badola

29. Reviewers

H. B. Naithani, S. S. Samant, M. C. Nautiyal, V. P. Bhat, S. K. Murti, G. A. Kinhal, R. Vijaya Sankar