Open Access<b>Re-collection of the Black Catchfly <I>Silene nigrescens</I> (Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae) after 130 years from Indian western Himalaya</b>
Author(s) -
Sulekh Chandra,
Deepa Rawat,
Prashant K. Pusalkar
Publication year - 2017
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.2974.9.7.10476-10479
Subject(s) - caryophyllaceae , silene , herbarium , biology , botany , geography
Silene nigrescens has been re-collected after a gap of 130 years from Pangarchulla area of District Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India. This species was earlier collected by J.F. Duthie from the above-mentioned location in 1885. On the basis of J.F. Duthie’s collection this species is known from only two localities (Pangarchula area and Nila valley) in western Himalaya. Due to a dispersed type of distribution, extremely rare occurrence and poor herbarium history, this species should be considered as a conservation dependent species in the western Himalaya.