Recovery and restoration of some critically endangered endemic angiosperms of the Kashmir Himalaya

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 985-991

  Dar, A R ^a   Dar, G H ^a   Reshi, Zafar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Endemics; Ex situ conservation; Kashmir Himalay

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM KASHMIRICUM; ANGIOSPERM; AQUILEGIA NIVALIS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; LAGOTIS CASHMERIANA; MEGACARPAEA POLYANDRA; NONHUMAN; PLANT TAXONOMY; POPULATION RECOVERY; SAUSSUREA COSTUS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

ACONITUM KASHMIRICUM; AQUILEGIA; COSTUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEGACARPAEA POLYANDRA; SAUSSUREA;

EID: 33845902527     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.985.991     Document Type: Article

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