{"id":217892,"date":"2022-12-10T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=217892"},"modified":"2022-12-10T19:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:30:02","slug":"three-himalayan-medicinal-plants-enter-iucn-red-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/three-himalayan-medicinal-plants-enter-iucn-red-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Himalayan medicinal plants enter IUCN Red List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cThree Himalayan medicinal plants enter IUCN Red List\u201d<\/b> published in <\/span>The Hindu <\/b>on 10th December 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Three medicinal plant species found in the Himalayas have made it to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which are these three Himalayan plant species?<\/b><\/h5>\n
Meizotropis pellita<\/b><\/h6>\n

It is commonly known as Patwa. It is a perennial shrub with restricted distribution that is endemic to Uttarakhand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 The essential oil extracted from the leaves of the species possesses strong antioxidants and can be a promising natural substitute for synthetic antioxidants in pharmaceutical industries<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 IUCN Status:<\/b> Critically Endangered\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Threats: <\/b>The species is threatened by deforestation, habitat fragmentation and forest fires.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fritillaria cirrhosa (Himalayan fritillary)<\/b><\/h6>\n

It is a perennial bulbous herb. In China, the species is used for the treatment of bronchial disorders and pneumonia. The plant is also a strong cough suppressant and source of expectorant drugs in traditional Chinese medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 IUCN Status: <\/b>Vulnerable<\/span><\/p>\n

Dactylorhiza hatagirea (Salampanja)<\/b><\/h6>\n

<\/b>It is a perennial tuberous species endemic to the Hindu Kush and Himalayan ranges of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 It is extensively used in Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and other alternative systems of medicine to cure dysentery, gastritis, chronic fever, cough and stomach aches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 IUCN Status<\/b>: Endangered<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Threats:<\/b> It is threatened by habitat loss, livestock grazing, deforestation, and climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cThree Himalayan medicinal plants enter IUCN Red List\u201d published in The Hindu on 10th December 2022 What is the News? Three medicinal plant species found in the Himalayas have made it to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Which are these three Himalayan plant species? Meizotropis pellita… Continue reading Three Himalayan medicinal plants enter IUCN Red List<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-217892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700635407},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}