Indigenous uses, population density, and conservation of threatened medicinal plants in protected areas of the Indian Himalayas
Indigenous uses, population density, and conservation of threatened medicinal plants in protected areas of the Indian Himalayas
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00602.x
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发表时间：
2005-04-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Kala, CP
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作者：
Kala, CP
10年来，我在印度喜马拉雅山的7个保护区监测了受威胁药用植物物种的种群密度。我还通过采访居住在这些保护区缓冲区村庄的138名草药治疗师（83名藏族治疗师和55名阿育吠陀治疗师），记录了土著人使用受威胁药用植物的情况。为了评估受威胁的药用植物物种的种群状况，我对保护区内的10种主要生境类型进行了采样。共发现受威胁药用植物60种，其中54种出现在样地内。受威胁的药用植物物种中，22%为极危，16%为濒危，27%为易危。32种受威胁的药用植物是喜马拉雅地区特有的。受威胁药用植物物种的密度因保护区而异。花之谷保护区有最多的受威胁药用植物物种。在所有10种生境类型中，“潮湿”生境类型最丰富。新疆紫草约翰斯顿和麻黄。来自Stapf。是最常见的受威胁药用植物物种。当地的治疗师使用这些濒危物种治疗了大约45种不同的疾病。根据我的研究结果，我认为，为了确保受威胁的药用植物的长期可持续性，应该建立药用植物保护区。
For 10 years I monitored the population density of threatened medicinal plant species in seven protected areas in the Indian Himalayas. I also documented the indigenous uses of threatened medicinal plants through interviews with 138 herbal healers ( 83 Tibetan healers and 55 Ayurvedic healers) residing in the buffer zone villages of these protected areas. To assess the population status of threatened medicinal plant species, I sampled the 10 major habitat types in the protected areas. In all, I found 60 threatened medicinal plant species during the study period, of which 54 species occurred in the sampling plots. Twenty-two percent of threatened medicinal plant species were critically endangered, 16% were endangered, and 27% were vulnerable. Thirty-two threatened medicinal plant species were endemic to the Himalayan region. The density of threatened medicinal plant species varied with protected areas. The Valley of Flowers protected area had the highest number of threatened medicinal plant species. The "moist" habitat type was richest in these species among all 10 habitat types sampled. Arnebia euchroma (Royle ex Benth.) Johnston and Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf. were the most common threatened medicinal plant species. The indigenous groups of healers used these threatened species in curing about 45 different ailments. Based on my findings, I believe that to ensure the long-term sustainability of threatened medicinal plants, medicinal-plant conservation areas should be established.