scholarly journals Conserving threatened plants of Bangladesh: Miles to go before we start?

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haseeb Md Irfanullah
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Red List ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Data Book ◽  
Angiosperm Species ◽  
Biodiversity Convention

In the light of important developments in biodiversity conservation in the global and national arenas over the last decade (2001-2010), this paper appraises the progress in identifying threatened vascular plant species of Bangladesh as a primary step of species diversity conservation. It is argued that, as per the IUCN Red List categories and the Volume 1 of ‘Red Data Book of Vascular Plants of Bangladesh’ published in 2001, only four angiosperm species are threatened (1 Critically Endangered (CR), 1 Endangered (EN), 2 Vulnerable (VU)) in Bangladesh, not 106 vascular species. This account also records that, accordingly to the ‘Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh’ (2007-2009; Volumes 5-12), 36 pteridophyte species (all VU; 18.46% of 195 recorded species), 1 gymnosperm species (EN; 14.29% of 7 species), and 449 angiosperm species (30 CR, 126 EN, 293 VU; 12.43% of 3,611 recorded species) are threatened in the country. The paper discusses and explores the importance, limitations and opportunities for red listing of threatened plants of Bangladesh. This account further advocates for a well-planned initiative to effectively complete the Red List of threatened plant species of the country by considering appropriate, established, updated assessment methods; following collaborative approach; and capitalizing on the progress made so far. Such steps may subsequently contribute to the species diversity conservation endeavours in Bangladesh.Keywords: Angiosperm; Biodiversity; Convention on Biological Diversity; Red Data Book; Red List; Vascular plants.DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v18i1.7844Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 18(1): 81-91, 2011 (June)

Threatened species not necessarily rare, rare species not necessarily threatened

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALF OREDSSON
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
World Conservation ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
Data Book ◽  
Selection Of Species ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Selection Of

In the beautifully-illustrated book of rare and threatened plants of Greece (Phitos et al. 1995), the selection of species is based strictly on the four World Conservation Union (IUCN) categories of ‘extinct’, ‘endangered’, ‘vulnerable’ and ‘rare’ (Lucas & Synge 1978). The Swedish ‘red data’ book of plants (Aronsson et al. 1995) adds ‘care-demanding species’ to the list. Five percent of the total number of vascular plant species in Greece are included in the Greek book, while 23% of the vascular plant species in Sweden are in the Swedish book. This latter percentage may appear to be sufficiently large, but is it?

scholarly journals Vascular plant occurrences in grasslands of Central Forest Nature Reserve (Russia): a dataset

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oxana Cherednichenko ◽  
Tatiana Gavrilova
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Russian Plain ◽  
Tver Oblast ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
Data Book ◽  
State Nature

Here we present the sampling event dataset that contributes to studying the flora of grasslands in Central Forest State Nature Biosphere Reserve (part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves), Tver Oblast, Russia. The Reserve is located in the SW part of the Valdai Upland within the main Caspian-Baltic watershed of the Russian plain (Latitude: 56° 26' – 56° 39' N, Longitude: 32° 29' – 33° 01' E). The territory of Central Forest Reserve belongs to the subzone of subtaiga. The dataset includes the occurrences of vascular plant species in four types of grasslands from 209 vegetation plots (8,506 associated occurrences), collected in 2013-2014. The dataset described in this paper has never been published before. As the grasslands in Central Forest State Nature Biosphere Reserve are relatively unstudied, we are providing a new comprehensive dataset on the vascular plant species occurrences in the grasslands of the Reserve. The dataset contains representative information on floristic composition of plant communities in localities with assigned GPS coordinates. As the vegetation of the Reserve is typical of the subtaiga subzone, the results of analysing this dataset can be useful for grassland management in the whole subtaiga subzone. During this study, we found one vascular plant species included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, three species from the Red Data Book of Tver Oblast, as well as 10 alien vascular plant species for the Reserve. These data, especially, the occurrences of protected and alien species, contribute to our knowledge of species composition of the grasslands of the Reserve.

scholarly journals Diversity of Medicinal Plants Resources to be Useb by the Kho Mu Community in Special Use Forest, Sop Cop District, Son La Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Thi Lien ◽  
Song A Dau ◽  
Leo Van Nghia
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Red List ◽  
Medicinal Species ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Data Book ◽  
Botanical Research ◽  
Whole Tree

This research was conducted to assess the diversity of medicinal plant resources in special use forest, Sop Cop district, Son La province.By traditional botanical research method that we  carried  out since July 2019 to March 2020.The results showed that, there were 389 species of medicinal plants belonging to 294 genera and 109 families of 4 divisions of vascular plant. There were 10 families with the high number of species. The medicinal plants were used differently by the Kho Mu ethnic to treat 18 groups of diseases, of which the plants were used to treat gastrointestinal diseases had the highest percentage of species, 102 species (26,22%). In the parts used as medicine, leaves are most used accounting for from 26,74%. The whole trees and roots were used also quite large, including whole tree with 77 species, roots with 66 species. There were 28 medicinal species (accounting for 7,19%) that had been identified in the Vietnam’s Red Data Book (2007), have 18 species listed in the Vietnam’s Red List of Medicinal Plants,that wrote by Nguyen Tap (2019)  and 12 species listed in the Governmental Decree 06/2019/NĐ-CP. These species had limited individuals that need to have policies for conservation and development.

Ethnomedicinal Importance of Rudraksha (Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K. Schum.), Related Species and their Conservation Strategies: A Review

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Kumud Saklani ◽  
P. Prasad ◽  
Anant Nautiyal
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Present Review ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Data Book ◽  
Economic Use

The extensive use of Elaeocarpus species in Ayurveda or as ethnomedicinal plants and their economic use as timber plants, have resulted in most of them getting threatened and enlisted in the Red Data Book or the IUCN Red List of threatened plants. The present review focuses on the conservation status of important Elaeocarpus species of India in view of their medicinal importance and the efforts required, thereof, in future.

scholarly journals Ivanovo Region natural monument «Lake Vazal (reservoir in Yuzha)» characteristics

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Elena Anatolyevna Borisova ◽  
Dmitriy Sergeevich Markov ◽  
Anton Aleksandrovich Kurganov
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Natural Area ◽  
Water Ice ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Protected Natural Area ◽  
Data Book ◽  
Natural Monument ◽  
Sanguisorba Officinalis

The paper deals with the ecological research of Ivanovo Region natural monument Lake Vazal (reservoir in town Yuzha). The reservoir is located in Yuzha of the Ivanovo Region, it was founded in 1859 by the overlapping a small river Vazovka with dam filling a formed basin with water. This reservoir was named Lake Vazal. The reservoir was recognized as a natural monument of regional value in 1975. The author describes different parameters of the lake and presents a bathymetric schema of the bottom. The relief of the lake banks is characterized. There are sod-shallow podzolic medium-power, medium sod medium- and low-humic sandy soils on the water-ice scurf on the banks of the lake. The water analysis is made. Meadow, marshy, aquatic and hygrophytic plant communities of this protected area are described briefly. The author has registered 277 vascular plant species from 3 divisions, 4 classes, 64 families and 180 genera, among them 3 species ( Sanguisorba officinalis , Lembotropis nigricans and Geranium palustre ) are included to the Ivanovo Region Red Data Book. 6 species are rare for the region flora. Populations of rare plant species are briefly characterized. Examples of alien and invasion plant species are given. The lake has a great hydrological and environment-forming value and forms a specific microclimate. The square of specially protected natural area is 42 hectares; the square of secured zone is 67,3 hectares.

scholarly journals PROTECTED SPECIES OF VASCULAR PLANTS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN THE JEWISH AUTONOMOUS REGION

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 140-143
Author(s):  
T.A. Rubtsova ◽  
V.A. Gorelov
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Maximum Density ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Protected Plants ◽  
Data Book ◽  
First Time ◽  
Current Species

The paper provides brief information on the formation of the list of vascular plant species that need protection in the Jewish Autonomous Region. The author also reports about the current species composition in the regional Red Data Book. It is for the first time that a distribution and concentration of rare plant species in the region have been analyzed. It is revealed that the maximum density of protected plants is observed in the southern part of the Pompeevsky ridge, and among the administrative areas – in the Oktyabrsky district.

scholarly journals An evaluation of the conservation status of the forest vegetation of the Volyn Upland, Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Vadim V. Datsyuk
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Rare Plant ◽  
Current Conservation ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Cypripedium Calceolus ◽  
Galanthus Nivalis ◽  
Data Book

Abstract The current conservation status of the rare vascular plant species and rare forest communities of the Volyn Upland (Ukraine) was characterized and analyzed. We found 14 rare plant species belonging to the Red Data Book of Ukraine in this territory (Lycopodium annotium L., Allium ursinum L., Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch, Cephalanthera rubra (L.) Rich., Cypripedium calceolus L., Epipactis atrorubens (Hoffm.) Schult., E. helleborine (L.) Crantz, Lilium martagon L., Listera ovata (L.) R. Br., Neottia nidus-avis (L.) Rich., Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich., P. chlorantha (Cust.) Reichenb., Galanthus nivalis L., Carex umbrosa Host) and 28 locally rare species preserved within the Volyn, Rivne and Lviv regions. The major threats for these species were indicated. Four rare associations, according to the Green Data Book of Ukraine, were studied in the Volyn Upland (Carpineto (betuli)–Quercetum (roboris) hederosum (helicis), Carpineto (betuli)–Fraxineto (excelsioris)–Quercetum (roboris) alliosum (ursini), Tilieto (cordatae)–Carpineto (betuli)–Quercetum (roboris) alliosum (ursini) and Pinetum (sylvestris) caricosum (humilis)) and their structure, main features and status were characterized in detail. The importance of further research, and the development of recommendations for the conservation and continued preservation of these forest ecosystems of the Volyn Upland was highlighted.

scholarly journals Plant and fungi diversity of Devi Pindiyan Valley in Trikuta Hills of northwestern Himalaya, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 14827-14844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajan Thakur ◽  
Harish Chander Dutt ◽  
Bikarma Singh ◽  
Yash Pal Sharma ◽  
Nawang Tashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Line Transect ◽  
Rich Diversity ◽  
Threatened Plant Species

The Devi Pindiyan Valley, an abode of Goddess Vaishno Devi, in Trikuta Hills (western Himalaya) is a unique hill-top land ecosystem with a diverse regional mixed subtropical and temperate flora. Because of its suitable geographic location, specific and unique habitat conditions, this mountainous belt of Shivalik Himalaya has a large number of endemic and threatened plant species.  This study presents information on the plant diversity of Devi Pindiyan Valley of Trikuta Hills. Several line-transect (100m N-S and 100 E-W) surveys were conducted in which nested quadrats of 10m × 10m were laid for trees, within which interspersed two 5m × 5m sub-quadrats for shrubs and five 1m × 1m sub-quadrants for herbs at different places for determination of floristic composition. In the diverse habitats of this valley, we recorded 213 vascular plant species belonging to 164 genera under 71 families. This study area also harbors rich diversity of fungi, where the most visible 7 species of macrofungi belongs to 7 genera and 4 families were documented.  Out of the documented species, 35 species have been categorized as threatened based on the latest IUCN Red list criteria, while 178 species are included in the catalogue of world life. Engelhardtia spicata Lechen ex Blume var. integra (Kurz) Manning ex Steenis has been categorized as Least Concerned (LC) by IUCN Red List site. The species diversity indicates the high conservation value of this area and documenting such an ecologically rich ecosystem becomes a prerequisite for developing and formulating conservation-cum-management strategies. Therefore, we recommend there is need for ecological research in terms of biodiversity conservation on Devi Pindiyan Valley and similar ecosystems. 

scholarly journals Current vegetation data from the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Shovkun ◽  
Natalya Ivanova ◽  
Larisa Khanina ◽  
Michael Romanov ◽  
Vasily Demidov
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
Composition And Structure ◽  
Spruce Stands ◽  
Data Book ◽  
The Russian Federation

Here we present the sampling event dataset that contributes to the knowledge of current vegetation of the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve (part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves), Moscow Region, Russia. The Reserve is situated on the terraces of the Oka River in the zone of mixed coniferous forests. The dataset provides 269 relevés (9174 associated occurrences) of renewed vegetation collected in 2019-2020. It is aimed at sampling vegetation data from the Reserve area with particular interest to sites with invasive species and sites with recent deadfall in the spruce stands caused by the bark beetle-typographer. The dataset contains representative information on plant communities in localities with assigned GPS coordinates, sampled using the standard relevé method with the Braun-Blanquet cover-abundance scale. During this study, we found two vascular plant species included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, 25 species from the Red Data Book of Moscow Region, as well as 19 alien vascular plant species for the Reserve. These data contribute to our knowledge of species composition and structure of a renewed vegetation of the Reserve, protected and alien species distribution.

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