CASHMERIANA:
NAME: CASHMERIANA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: CORYDALIS CASHMERIANA
HABITAT: ALPINE SLOPES OF KASHMIR HIMALAYAS AT AN ALTITUDE RANGING FROM 3000 TO 4000M.
ADAPTATIONS: COLD CLIMATES WITH LOTS OF SNOW AND LESS WATER. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ADAPTATIONS OF CASHMERIANA IS THE THICK WAXY CUTICLE. THE CUTICLE IS A WATER IMPERVIOUS PROTECTIVE LAYER COVERING THE EPIDERMAL CELLS OF LEAVES AND THE OTHER PARTS AND LIMITING WATER LOSS.
REASON FOR BEING ENDANGERED: OVERGAZING, FRAGILE HABITAT, LANDSLIDES, EXCESSIVE TOURIST FLOW, CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND OVER EXPLOITATION FOR LOCAL USE.
STEPS MEASURED PREVENT EXTINCTION:1) EX-SITU CONSERVATION IS THE CONSERVATION AND MANTENANCE OF SAMPLES OF LIVING ORGANISMS (CASHMERIANA) OUTSIDE THEIR NATURAL HABITAT, IN THE FORM OF WHOLE PLANTS, SEEDS, POLLEN, VEGETATIVE PROPOGULES, TISSUE OR CELL STRUCTURES.
2) BY REDUCING OUR CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING.
3)INDIGENOUS LANDS HAVE MAINTAINED A HEALTHY AND INFLUENTIAL CONNECTION WITH CASHMERIANA PLUS OTHER PLANTS PROTECTION FOR CENTURIES. THESE LANDS HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS OF SUCCESSFULLY POROTECTED SPECIES THAN STATE PARKS, WILD RESERVES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT REGULATED CONSERVATION REGION. PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS LAND IS VITAL TO THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES LIKE CASHMERIANA.
