Conservation status of Astragalus gilgitensis Ali (Fabaceae): A critically endangered species in the Gilgit district, Pakistan

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-223

  Alam, Jan ^a   Ali, Syed Irtifaq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Astragalus gilgitensis; Conservation status; Critically endangered; Deforestation; Fabaceae; Over grazing; Pakistan; Papilionaceae; Population size. Gilgit

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); FABACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE;

EID: 60849088570     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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