Research Article | Published: 22 June 2017

Diversity, Distribution Pattern, Indigenous Uses and Conservation of the Economically Important Floristic Diversity in Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary, North Western Himalaya, India

Monika Bodh, Sher Singh Samant, Lalit Mohan Tewari and Vijay Kumar

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 24 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 109-126 | 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2017-CWSP43 | Cite this article

Abstract

The present paper is an attempt to assess the ethnobotanical floristic diversity of Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.Two species  (i.e., Pimpinella acuminata and Scrophularia himalensis) were found endemic to the Indian Himalayan Region.

Keywords

Ethnobotany; Diversity; Indigenous Uses; Endemic; Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, North West Himalaya

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Bodh, M., Samant, S.S., Tewari, L.M. and Kumar, V., 2017. Diversity, Distribution Pattern, Indigenous Uses and Conservation of the Economically Important Floristic Diversity in Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary, North Western Himalaya, India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 24(2), pp.109-126. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2017-CWSP43

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