SUBJECT : SCIENCE

28th MAY 2019

ENDANGERED SPECIES
OF PLANTS

PREPARED AND PRESENTED BY

HARSH SHARMA
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 5 indian ENDANGERED PLANTS SPECIES
COMMON SCIENTIFIC HABITAT
NAME NAME

Assam catkin yew Amentotaxus assamica Warm rain forest

Ebony Diospyros celibica Lowland rain forest

Red sandalwood Pterocarpus santalinus Deciduous forest

Musli Chlorophytum tuberosum Grassland

Malabar Mahagony Kingiodendron Pinnatum Evergreen forest

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 ASSAM CATKIN YEW
Amentotaxus assamica

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ASSAM

CATKIN YEW
Threats
Amentotaxus assamica is a species of
AGRICULTURE & AQUACULTURE
conifer in the Taxaceae family. It is found
Annual & perennial non-timber crops
only in India. It is threatened by habitat
loss There is an urgent need to establish BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE USE
forest reserves as well as cultivation Logging & wood harvesting

action to provide ex situ conservation for

NATURAL SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS
this species Further surveys are required Dams & water management/use
to establish its full distribution and
population size.

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 EBONY
Diospyros celebica

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT Threats

EBONY

Diospyros celebica is a species of

flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae Agriculture & aquaculture
that is endemic to the island of Annual & perennial
Sulawesi in Indonesia. The common non-timber crops
name Makassar ebony is for the main
seaport on the island, Makassar. Biological resource use
Makassar ebony wood is variegated, Logging & wood
streaky brown and black, and nearly harvesting
always wide-striped.

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 RED SANDALWOOD
Pterocarpus Santalinus

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RED

SANDALWOOD
Threats
Pterocarpus santalinus, with the
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE USE
common names red sanders, red
Logging & wood harvesting
sandalwood, and saunderswood, is a
species of Pterocarpus endemic to AGRICULTURE & AQUACULTURE
the southern Eastern Ghats mountain Annual & perennial non-timber
range of South India. This tree is crops
Livestock farming & ranching
valued for the rich red color of its
wood. The wood is not aromatic

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 MUSLI
Chlorophytum tuberosum

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MUSLI Threats

Chlorophytum tuberosum is a species of
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE
flowering plant, one of several species
known by the common name musli. It is USE
native to parts of Africa and India. It has Gathering terrestrial plants
historical uses in Ayurveda.

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 Malabar Mahagony
Kingiodendron pinnatum

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

MALABAR MAHAGONY
Prioria pinnatum is a species of legume
in the family Fabaceae. The population
has declined considerably because of
overexploitation and habitat
degradation. Regeneration appears to
be very poor. It is found only in India. It is
threatened by habitat loss
Threats
AGRICULTURE & AQUACULTURE
Annual & perennial non-timber
crops
Livestock farming & ranching
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE USE
LOGGING & WOOD HARVESTING

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 USA

5 USA ENDANGERED PLANTS SPECIES

COMMON SCIENTIFIC HABITAT
NAME NAME

Western Prairie Fringed Platanthera praeclara Prairies

Orchid

Rafflesia Flower Rafflesia Rain forest

Georgia Aster Symphyotrichum georgianum Prairies

copperleaf Acalypha wigginsii Forest

Texas Wild Rice Zizania texana spring-fed water

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 Western Prairie Fringed
Orchid
Platanthera praeclara

Platanthera praeclara only exists in five

U.S. states in the Midwest. The
Endangered Species Coalition estimates
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT that there are only 172 populations of
WESTERN PRAIRIE this plant, with merely four with more
FRINGED ORCHID
than 1,000 plants. This is a wetland plant
that grows in “prairie potholes”, indents
left by glaciers in the recent ice age,
20,000 years ago. The main threats to
this plant are development, overgrazing,
fires, and global warming.

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 RAFFLESIA FLOWER
Rafflesia

Rafflesia arnoldii is thought to be the

largest flower on the planet. The flower
itself does not have a structural stem,
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT leaves, or roots. But what it does have is
RAFFLESIA FLOWER the pungent odors of decomposing
flesh, hence the nickname corpse flower.
It grows three feet in diameter, and
weighs up to 24 pounds. The Rafflesia is
parasitic, growing on the Tetrastigma
vine in the forests of Borneo and
Sumatra.

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 Georgia Aster
Symphyotrichum
georgianum

Symphyotrichum georgianum is native

to southeastern United States.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT According to NatureServe.com, a
GEORGIA ASTER
conservation organization, this plant
first grew in small clumps, but now there
are about 60 populations of this plant
due to natural habitat development.

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 Wiggin's Acalypha
Acalypha wigginsii

Acalypha wigginsii is native to a tiny

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT part of the Galapagos Islands.
W I G G I N ' S A C A L Y P H A Construction work and loss of habitat
are the main reasons these plants have
declined in number. They are considered
a Critically Endangered by the
Galapagos Conservation Trust.

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 Texas Wild Rice
Zizania texana

Zizania texana only has 140 clumps left,

with a seemingly grim future ahead.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT Growing only in the freshwater of San
TEXAS WILD RICE
Marcos River, this plant is endangered
by lowering water levels caused by the
Spring Lake Dam, according to the
Center of Plant Conservation.

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 Laws and
Regulations to
Protect Endangered
Plants
Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs)
These plans are designed to reconcile land use or
development with listed species conservation. An HCP
negotiated with a developer, land owner, or state or local
government describes the anticipated effects of proposed
activities on certain listed species, includes a list of
conservation measures to minimize and mitigate the
impact of incidental takings as much as is practical, and
lists the funding available to implement the plan. When
the HCP is approved, FWS issues an incidental take permit
which absolves the applicant from liability under the
Endangered Species Act for harm to the species.

Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances

These agreements are intended to shield landowners who
voluntarily manage their lands for the benefit of
candidate species from additional land-use restrictions if
the species is subsequently listed. Landowners receive
assurances from FWS that if the species is listed, they will
not be required to take any conservation measures
beyond those to which they have already agreed.

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