Endangered Plant Species Recovery - Abstract
Plants are essential for all life on earth, the uptake of carbon dioxide, one of the principle greenhouse gases, during photosynthesis is the major pathway by which carbon is removed from the atmosphere and made available to humans and animals for growth and development. Plant diversity provide the basic life-support systems on which all life depends and wild plants are also vitally important in supporting livelihoods for millions of people around the world.
A group of plants that have been excessively collected from its habitats and become endangered due to different contributory factors: extensive denudation of the forest floor, caused by cattle grazing and collection of leaf litter, and removal from the wilderness which is highly used by the human being.
Seed is only the means of propagating of the majority of the plants, but some time seeds have reduced probability of germination when adult plants are already growing in the area, thus reducing species dissemination. Various ex situ and in situ measures have been adopted for conservation of threatened and endangered plants species; however, these have been limited due to various discrepancies associated with them. This report provides a review of progress towards new knowledge’s on endangered plants.