A plea for ‘Outside protected-Area conservation’ of the Himalayan Mayapple (Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T.S. Ying) in the wild — A Threatened Red Listed Anti-cancerous medicinal plant Rarely Revisited in East Sikkim (India)
1,2Subhasis Panda
1Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, Government General Degree College, Chapra, Vill.- Shikra, PO.-Padmamala, District-Nadia-741123 (India) (affiliated to University of Kalyani). 2Angiosperm Taxonomy & Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, Botany Department, Maulana Azad College, University of Calcutta, 8, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, Kolkata-700013 (India) Email: bgc.panda@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T. S. Ying, a threatened medicinal plant of the family Berberidaceae, is survived by a few individuals in the wild, mostly outside the Protected Areas observed in East Sikkim. Since its rediscovery in September, 2007 at Serabathang in East Sikkim, regular monitoring had been conducted till October, 2018. As a result of this monitoring, this work embodies field observations about its present status.