Medicinal plants in Himachal Pradesh, north western Himalaya, India

International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 234-251

  Samant, S S ^a   Pant, Shreekar ^a   Singh, Man ^a   Lal, Manohar ^a   Singh, Ashok ^a   Sharma, Aman ^a   Bhandari, Sakshi ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity; Endemism; Himachal Pradesh; Medicinal plants; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ENDEMISM; MEDICINAL PLANT; RARITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38349000632     PISSN: 17451590     EISSN: 17451604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451590709618177     Document Type: Article

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