1. Botanical name

Jurinea macrocephala (Royle) Cl.

2. Synonym(s) 

Jurinea dolomiacea Boiss.

3. Family

Asteraceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

Dhoop

6. Habit

Herb (Perennial)

7. Habitat

Frequent in rock crevices and glacial moraines, periodically grows in grassy slopes at Alpine zones. 1 species in India (Lahual Spiti)

8. Original global distribution

Pakistan, India, Nepal, China

9. Current

regional

distribution

Himachal Pradesh

Pangi – Bharmam (Chamba Division), Shimla Division, Kangra Division, Parvath valley, Kinnaur, Kullu

Jammu & Kashmir

Peer Panchal, Wadwan, Sarthal, Serz

Uttaranchal

Dayara (Uttar Kashi), Tungnath (Chamoli)

10. Elevation range (m)

2,100 to 4,600

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to <49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Himachal Pradesh

 

 

ü

 

Jammu & Kashmir

 

 

ü

 

Uttaranchal

 

 

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

Many

Many

14 a. Data quality

3

15. Threats 

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

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Dhoop

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional ü

National ü

Global

Parts traded

Roots

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

3

17. Other comments

Dhoop, agarbhati are the products

18. Recent field studies

S.K.Singh, N.S. Chauhan, Badola.H.K


19. Status

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

- CITES     

-

- Legislation

-

- Criteria based on

EN (A 2 c, d)

EN (A 2 c, d)

EN (A 2 c, d)

- IUCN

EN

EN

EN

20. % of global presence

30 – 40 %

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), M (Monitoring), Scientific harvesting

Research / Management

a) in situ

JK – Peer Panchal, Wadwan, Sarthal, Serz

HP – Pangi (Bharmam), Chota & Bada Bangal (Kangra Division), Parvathi valley

UA – Dayara (Uttar Kashi), Tungnath (Chamoli)

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

2 (Moderately difficult)

25. Existing cultivation-

Dayara (Uttar Kashi)

26. Previous assessment

EN-JMK; VU-HP (Kullu CAMP)

27. Data sources (Including literature)

·       S.K.Singh,; Badola.H.K

·       N.S. Chauhan, 1992. Commercial medicinal and aromatic plants of Himachal Pradesh, UHF, Solan

·       Singh, S.K. and Rawat G.S., 1998. Long term monitoring of vegetation in GHNP, Report submitted to Wildlife Institute of India

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