Is cultivation of Saussurea costus (Asterales: Asteraceae) sustaining its conservation?

Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch., (Asteraceae) known in English as Costus, is a threatened Himalayan medicinal plant listed on CITES (2014) Appendix I, Schedule VI of the Wildlife Protection Act (India) 1972, and Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.  Wild collection of Costus is banned in Ind...

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Main Authors: Chandra Prakash Kuniyal, Joel Thomas Heinen, Bir Singh Negi, Jagdish Chandra Kaim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
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Online Access:https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3581