Additional records of the highly threatened Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri & Ansari (Asclepiadoideae: Apocynaceae) from Nashik District, Maharashtra, India

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Published: May 26, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2821.8.5.8844-8845
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Ceropegia mahabalei, Nashik, new record, northern Western Ghats.

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Jui Pethe
Principal Investigator, Wild Edible Plants Study Project, Nature Conservation Society of Nashik, Shripad, Vakratund R.H., Opp. Rama Raman Apt., Vrindavan Nagar, Kamatwade, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010, India
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-5170
Amit Tillu
Shripad, 1, Vakratund R.H., Vrindavan Nagar, Kamatwade, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010, India
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3940-3793

Abstract

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.

 

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Vol. 8 No. 5 (2016)
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