1. Botanical name

Pleurospermum angelicoides  (DC) Clarke

2. Synonym(s) 

Hymenolaena angelicoides DC

Pterocyclus angelicoides (Wall.) Klotzsch

3. Family

Apiaceae

4. Taxonomic status

Species

5. Vernacular names

-

6. Habit

Herb

7. Habitat

Occasionally found along rocks and open slopes

8. Original global distribution

W. HimalayaC. Nepal (HP to C Nepal) to S.W. China

9. Current

regional

distribution

 

Himachal Pradesh

Beas kund, chhakmala (Kullu)

Jammu & Kashmir

Not recorded

Uttaranchal

Garhwal, Kumaon, Latakharak, Pindari, Askot, Dudhatoli

10. Elevation range (m)

2,500 – 4,000

11. Population Reduction – PR

 

States

< 30%

30 to 49%

50 to < 80%

­³ 80%

Himachal Pradesh

DD

Jammu & Kashmir

 

-

 

 

Uttaranchal

 

ü

 

 

Data quality

 

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

2

-

4

14 a. Data quality

2, 3

15. Threats 

D (Disease), L (Loss of Habitat), T (Trade),

Hm (Harvest for medicine)

16. Trade

 

Name(s)

Chhipi

Level(s)

Local ü

Regional

National

Global

Parts traded

Root

Effect on population

Declining

Data quality

2, 4

17. Other comments

§         Taxonomic identity and population studies need to be undertaken

18. Recent field studies

 

§         D.S. Dhelimal and M. Sharma, 1999

§         Samant et.al.  1997

19. Status

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttaranchal

- CITES     

-

- Legislation

-

- Criteria based on

DD

-

VU (A 2 c,d)C, D

- IUCN

DD

-NE

VU

20. % of global presence

10 – 20 %

21. Existing Conservation measures

Cultivated in Garpap, NandadeviDBiosphere Reserve

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

Yes

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

Yes

24. Recommendations

S (Survey, search and find), M (Monitoring), Lh (Life history studies) (Beas kund, Chhakinala and surrounding areas)

Research / Management

Propagation studies

a) in situ

-

b) ex situ

-

   i) Cultivation

-

   ii) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation

-

25. Existing cultivation-

-

26. Previous assessment

-

27. Data sources

(Including literature)

§         D.S. Dhelimal and M. Sharma, 1999

§         Samant et.al, 1997

§         Samant & Dhar, 1997

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