1. Botanical name |
Aconitum deinorrhizum Stapf. |
|||||||||
2. Synonym(s) |
- |
|||||||||
3. Family |
Ranunculaceae
|
|||||||||
4. Taxonomic status |
Species |
|||||||||
5. Vernacular names |
- |
|||||||||
6. Habit |
Perennial
herb |
|||||||||
7. Habitat |
Alpine / Sub alpine meadows |
|||||||||
8. Original global distribution |
Busshair
Himalaya |
|||||||||
9. Current regional distribution |
Himachal Pradesh |
Shagali
thatch, Chenshol, Gajyam thatch,
Tangankhai |
||||||||
Jammu & Kashmir |
- |
|||||||||
Uttaranchal |
- |
|||||||||
10. Elevation range (m) |
2,800
– 4,500 |
|||||||||
11. Population
Reduction – PR |
States
|
< 30% |
30 to 49% |
50 to < 80% |
³ 80% |
|||||
Himachal Pradesh |
|
|
ü |
|
||||||
Jammu & Kashmir |
|
|
ü |
|
||||||
Uttaranchal |
|
|
|
|
||||||
Data quality |
3, 4
|
|||||||||
11 a. Time/Rate
(years/generations) |
10
years |
|||||||||
12. Extent of Occurrence –
EOO |
< 5, 000 Km2 (Severely fragmented)
|
|||||||||
13. Area of Occupancy –
AOO |
< 500 Km2 |
|||||||||
14. No. of locations / sub-populations |
Himachal Pradesh |
Jammu
& Kashmir |
Uttaranchal |
|||||||
7 |
5 |
- |
||||||||
14 a. Data quality |
3, 4
|
|||||||||
15. Threats |
L (Loss of
Habitat), H (Harvest), Ov (Over harvest), T (Trade) |
|||||||||
16. Trade |
Name(s) |
Mohra
|
||||||||
Level(s) |
Local
ü |
Regional
ü |
National
ü |
Global
|
||||||
Parts traded |
Roots
|
|||||||||
Effect on population |
Declining |
|||||||||
Data quality |
3, 4 |
|||||||||
17. Other comments |
·
Sustainable collection needed |
|||||||||
18. Recent field studies |
·
Police Scientists (1995-96) in HP ·
N.S. Chauhan |
|||||||||
19. Status |
Himachal Pradesh |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Uttaranchal |
|||||||
- CITES |
- |
|||||||||
-
Legislation |
Negative
list of Exports, 1998 |
|||||||||
- Criteria
based on |
EN
(A 2 c, d) |
EN
(A 2 c, d) |
- |
|||||||
- IUCN |
EN |
EN |
- |
|||||||
20. % of global presence |
20 – 30 % |
- |
||||||||
21. Existing Conservation
measures |
-
|
|||||||||
22. Is the presence of taxon
continuous with neighbouring areas ? |
Yes
|
|||||||||
23. Are the outside
populations also under similar threats / pressures? |
Yes
|
|||||||||
24. Recommendations |
- |
|||||||||
Research /
Management |
Lh
(Life history studies), H (Micro habit analysis), |
|||||||||
a) in situ |
Srikhand
Mahadev (Shimla), Bhaderwali (J&K) |
|||||||||
b) ex situ |
- |
|||||||||
i) Cultivation |
- |
|||||||||
ii) Level of difficulty in propagation /
cultivation |
3
(very difficult) |
|||||||||
25. Existing cultivation- |
- |
|||||||||
26. Previous assessment |
EN
(J & K, H.P) – Kullu CAMP |
|||||||||
27. Data sources
(Including literature) |
- |
|||||||||
28. Compilers |
H. B. Naithani (facilitator), S. S. Samant
(recorder), V. P. Bhat, M. C. Nautiyal, S. K. Murti, G. A. Kinhal, R. Vijaya
Sankar |
|||||||||
29. Reviewers |
Rekha Naithani, N.K. Bhardwaj, Kailash Sharma, R.
K. Verma, Vaneet Jishtu, Rajender Kumar, Ranjit Rawat, N. S. Chauhan, Vinay Tandon, H. K. Badola |
|||||||||