Abstract
Medicinal plant survey was conducted and assessed the narrow endemic, endangered and threatened plants in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu during the year 2013-2014. There are 9 narrow endemic threatened plant species enumerated and further analysed their distribution with various threat categories both global and regional scale. Hygrophila madurensis is only one species were identified critically endangered and other species are not evaluated so for IUCN categories but they are distributed narrowly to Madurai and adjacent districts of Tamil Nadu. The data provide the information for diversity of threatened plant species to design the sustainable utilization and conservation measures.
Highlights
Among the plant diversity of India, endemic medicinal plants are an important source which have been used all over the world
The available narrow endemic medicinal plants enumerated from the study area for the preparation of conservation measured to ensure the survival of potential medicinal plants for posterity
In Madurai district composed of scrub forest, dry deciduous to moist deciduous teak forest and dispersed with semievergreen forests at Alagar hills
Summary
Among the plant diversity of India, endemic medicinal plants are an important source which have been used all over the world. Medicinal plant survey was conducted and assessed the narrow endemic, endangered and threatened plants in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu during the year 2013-2014. There are 9 narrow endemic threatened plant species enumerated and further analysed their distribution with various threat categories both global and regional scale.
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