The paper deals with the new locality record of Pittosporum eriocarpum Royle from Himachal Pradesh along with note on previous erroneous records from the state.
Endemic, Endangered, Pittosporum eriocarpum, Western Himalaya, Erroneous Record, Himachal Pradesh
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Srivastava, A., Thakur, R., Srivastava, S.K. and Dangwal, L., 2017. New population record of the endemic and endangered tree Pittosporum eriocarpum from Himachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Forestry, 40(2), pp.185-188. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2017-AE56C6
Manuscript Published on 22 June 2017
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