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1. Botanical name |
Meconopis aculeata Royle |
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2. Synonym(s) |
- |
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3. Family |
Papaveraceae
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4. Taxonomic status |
Species
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5. Vernacular names |
Tsher
– Sngon (Tibetian) |
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6. Habit |
Herb
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7. Habitat |
Grows
in higher altitude in eastern part, Moraines cliffs, Rocky region, Boulders.
Endemic to W. Himalaya with restricted distribution. |
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8. Original global distribution |
Afghanistan,
Pakistan, India |
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9. Current regional distribution |
Himachal Pradesh |
Kullu
(5), Kinnaur (4), Chamba (3), Lahual-Spiti (3), Rohtang, GHNP, Sagnla, Moral
danda, Churdhar |
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Jammu & Kashmir |
Chandanbadi,
Madwa |
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Uttaranchal |
Valley of
flowers |
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10. Elevation range (m) |
2,400
to 4,700 |
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11. Population
Reduction – PR |
States
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<
30% |
30
to <49% |
50
to < 80% |
³
80% |
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Himachal Pradesh |
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ü |
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Jammu & Kashmir |
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ü |
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Uttaranchal |
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ü |
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Global |
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ü |
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Data quality |
2
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11 a. Time/Rate
(years/generations) |
10
years |
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12. Extent of Occurrence –
EOO |
>20, 000 Km2
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13. Area of Occupancy –
AOO |
> 2,000 Km2 |
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14. No. of locations / sub-populations |
Himachal Pradesh |
Jammu
& Kashmir |
Uttaranchal |
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Many |
10 |
Many |
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14 a. Data quality |
3
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15. Threats |
Hm
(Harvest for medicine), Lf (Loss of Habitat), T (Trade) |
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16. Trade |
Name(s) |
Patishan
Rooli
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Level(s) |
Local
ü |
Regional
ü |
National
ü |
Global
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Parts traded |
Roots
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Effect on population |
Declining
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Data quality |
3 |
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17. Other comments |
Common
Blue Poppy has its use in Tibetan Medicine Roots
contain xanthotoxin |
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18. Recent field studies |
N.S. Chauhan, 1992, Ravikumar and Suma, 2000 |
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19.
Status |
Himachal Pradesh |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Uttaranchal |
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- CITES |
- |
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- Legislation |
- |
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- Criteria based on |
CR (A 2 c, d) |
EN (A 2 c, d) |
VU (A 2 c, d) |
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- IUCN |
EN (G) |
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20.
% of global presence |
60 – 70 % |
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21.
Existing Conservation measures |
Found
with in the high altitude PAs of Uttaranchal
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22.
Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighbouring areas ? |
-
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23.
Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures? |
-
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24.
Recommendations |
Hm (Habitat management), S (Survey), M
(Monitoring), Lr (Limited resource management) |
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Research / Management |
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a) in situ |
Jammu &Kashmir – Chandanbadi, Madwa; Himachal Pradesh – Rohtang,
Mani Mahesh, Mural danda, Parvath valley; Uttaranchal – Valley of flowers |
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b) ex situ |
- |
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i) Cultivation |
- |
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ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation |
2
(Moderately difficult) |
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25.
Existing cultivation- |
- |
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26.
Previous assessment |
EN-JMK,
VU-HP (Kullu CAMP) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Reviewers |
H. B. Naithani, S. S. Samant, M. C. Nautiyal, V.
P. Bhat, S. K. Murti, G. A. Kinhal, R. Vijaya Sankar |
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