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Contributions of Plant Taxonomy, Herbarium and Field Germplasm Bank to Conservation of Threatened Plants:Case Studies from the Himalayas and Eastern and Western Ghats


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1 TDU, Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru 560 106, India
2 Botanical Survey of India, Shillong 793 003, India
3 Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa 403 206, India
4 Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
5 CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow 226 001, India
6 Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun 786 006, India
7 Regional Plant Resource Centre (RPRC), Bhubaneswar 751 105, India
8 Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781 014, India
9 Department of Botany, Tripura University, Agartala 799 022, India
10 Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur 515 003, India
 

Conservation of biodiversity, a growing concern today, faces multiple challenges. Although ecosystem approach has been recommended as a solution, conservation of threatened species is difficult as they are spread across the ecosystems and are often restricted to microhabitats. In this article, the importance of taxonomy, herbarium and field germplasm bank in conservation of threatened species is discussed. It is concluded that individually each of these measures has important role to play in conservation. They also complement each other in reversing the threat perspective of the species.

Keywords

Biodiversity, Conservation, Germplasm Bank, Herbarium, Taxonomy.
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Authors

K. Haridasan
TDU, Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru 560 106, India
A. A. Mao
Botanical Survey of India, Shillong 793 003, India
M. K. Janarthanam
Department of Botany, Goa University, Goa 403 206, India
A. K. Pandey
Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
S. K. Barik
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow 226 001, India
S. K. Srivastava
Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun 786 006, India
P. C. Panda
Regional Plant Resource Centre (RPRC), Bhubaneswar 751 105, India
Geetha Suresh
TDU, Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru 560 106, India
S. K. Borthakur
Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781 014, India
B. K. Datta
Department of Botany, Tripura University, Agartala 799 022, India
B. Ravi Prasad Rao
Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur 515 003, India

Abstract


Conservation of biodiversity, a growing concern today, faces multiple challenges. Although ecosystem approach has been recommended as a solution, conservation of threatened species is difficult as they are spread across the ecosystems and are often restricted to microhabitats. In this article, the importance of taxonomy, herbarium and field germplasm bank in conservation of threatened species is discussed. It is concluded that individually each of these measures has important role to play in conservation. They also complement each other in reversing the threat perspective of the species.

Keywords


Biodiversity, Conservation, Germplasm Bank, Herbarium, Taxonomy.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi03%2F512-518