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Today, species like Aquilaria malaccensis, Delphinium brunonianum, Fritillaria

delavayi, Gymnadenia orchidis, Nardostachys jatamansi, Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora,
Onosma hookeri, Ophiocordyceps sinensis, Panax pseudoginseng, Paris polyphylla,

Pterocarpus santalinus, Sinolimprichtia alpine and Veronica ciliate have declined
significantly, and many have failed to regenerate. These species are still under constant

threat unless the circumstances threatening their survival and reproduction improve. The
threat is further augmented due to an upsurge in patients availing TM services, and

exploitation by different private firms and local healers. The assessment of their biological
status, diversity, density, distribution and morphology through different strategies has

become of utmost importance.
As per the Nature Conservation Division,

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, the IUCN
red list featured 55 species under Kingdom

Animalia and 15 species under Kingdom Plantae
as Vulnerable, 23 species under Kingdom Animalia

and 20 species under Kingdom Plantae as
Endangered, 18 species under Kingdom Animalia

and 13 species under Kingdom Plantae as Critically
Endangered and 2 species under Kingdom Plantae

as Extinct in the wild in Bhutan. Figure 3: Panax pseudoginseng

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Figure 4: Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora Figure 5: Paris polyphylla

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