Dear Dr DS Rawat, Yes It is an endemic species, but very common in Uttarakhand specially in two district (Chamoli and Pithoragarh).
I have seen this plant in four different localities in the state and counted app. 5000 individuals. Yes this species have only limited habitats. As i had published in my paper in The Checklist and also mention in my Thesis. Good to See it again, Thanks, On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:38 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > *Berberis osmastonii* Dunn. (Berberidaceae) is a narrow endemic of > Uttarakhand. No photograph of this endemic species is available on web and > the photograph uploaded here is probably the first one as I failed to find > it on the net. > > This species is extremely rare and listed in Indian Red Data Book and IUCN > Red Data Book 1997. > > I noticed few individuals in the habitat. > > Locality of the species is intentionally not disclosed to avoid collection > from this wild habitat. > > DSRawat Pantnagar > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Dr. Umeshkumar Tiwari, Research Associate www.medicinalplantsofuttarakhand.in *www. <http://www.planttaxonomy.blogspot.com/>*planttaxonomy.blogspot.com Dept.Repository for Medicinal Resources Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine No.74/2, Jarakbande Kaval Post: Attur, Via Yelahanka Bangalore - 560 064 +91-9591862200 (KA) +91-9411313351(UK) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
