Open AccessAdditional records of the highly threatened Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri & Ansari (Asclepiadoideae: Apocynaceae) from Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Author(s) -
Jui Pethe,
Amit Tillu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.2821.8.5.8844-8845
Subject(s) - trampling , threatened species , apocynaceae , herbaceous plant , biology , population , botany , geography , grazing , ecology , medicine , environmental health , habitat
Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri & Ansari is a herbaceous plant known from three locations in Pune, Satara and Thane District of Maharashtra. This communication records a new location of this species from Nashik District which is the northeastern most record for this species. The small existing population in this new location is threatened by cattle grazing, and trampling by tourists.