Threat status assessment of Ceropegia anjanerica Malpure et al. (Magnoliopsida: Gentianales: Apocynaceae) from Anjaneri Hills, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India

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Published: Mar 26, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3772.6965-71
Keywords:
Anjaneri, Anjaneri Wax Fountain, Ceropegia anjanerica, Critically Endangered, India, IUCN Red List assessment, northern Western Ghats.

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Jui Pethe
Shripad, Vakratund R.H, Opp. Rama Raman Apt., Vrindavan Nagar, Kamatwade, Ambad, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010, India
Amit Tillu
Shripad, Vakratund R.H, Opp. Rama Raman Apt., Vrindavan Nagar, Kamatwade, Ambad, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010, India
Aparna Watve
Biome Conservation Foundation, 34/6, Gulawani Maharaj Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India Present address: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, School of Rural Studies, Tuljapur campus, Tuljapur, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Ceropegia anjanerica is endemic to the Anjaneri Hills area of Nashik District.  It is assessed as Critically Endangered as per the IUCN red list criteria using primary and secondary information on trends in EOO, AOO and sub-populations.  Factors affecting this species and its habitat, and community conservation efforts are described and recommendations are made for its protection. 

 

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2015)
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Communications

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Author Biographies

Jui Pethe, Shripad, Vakratund R.H, Opp. Rama Raman Apt., Vrindavan Nagar, Kamatwade, Ambad, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010, India

Jui Pethe is an ecologist working in Northern Western Ghats. She has worked with different NGOs and State forest department in exploring the floristic diversity of Nashik area. She has a societal research fellowship awarded by the DST and is working with Nature Conservation Society of Nashik. 

 

Amit Tillu, Shripad, Vakratund R.H, Opp. Rama Raman Apt., Vrindavan Nagar, Kamatwade, Ambad, Nashik, Maharashtra 422010, India

Amit Tillu is an organic farmer. He is active in studying the biodiversity of Nashik District and works with school children for science popularization and environmental awareness generation. 

 

Aparna Watve, Biome Conservation Foundation, 34/6, Gulawani Maharaj Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India Present address: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, School of Rural Studies, Tuljapur campus, Tuljapur, Maharashtra, India

Aparna Watve is an ecologist working in northern Western Ghats with special interest in rock outcrop ecology. She is currently at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur and studies and teaches about human-environment interactions.

 

References

IUCN (2013). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. . Downloaded on 07 July 2013.

Malpure, N., M. Kamble & S.R. Yadav (2006). A new species of Ceropegia L. (Asclepiadaceae) from the Western Ghats of India with a note on series Attenuatae Huber. Current Science 91(9): 1140–1142.

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2603917 (accessed 20 March 2015).

Yadav, S.R. & M.Y. Kamble (2008). Threatened Ceropegias of the Western Ghats and Strategies for Their Conservation, pp 123–134. In: Rawat, G.S. (ed.). Special Habitats and Threatened Plants of India. ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas, Vol. 11(1). Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India.