Floristic diversity in Cold Desert regions of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India Author Sekar, Chandra kcsekar 1312 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3638 - 7414 kcsekar1312@rediffmail.com Author Pandey, Aseesh draseeshpandey @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8063 - 2646 draseeshpandey@gmail.com Author Giri, Lalit lalitorchid @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4577 - 079 X lalitorchid@gmail.com Author Joshi, Bhaskar Chandra bhaskar 20. alm @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0608 - 0083 bhaskar20.alm@gmail.com Author Bhatt, Deepika drdeepikabhatt @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4062 - 3670 drdeepikabhatt@gmail.com Author Bhojak, Puja pujabhojak 007 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5292 - 4983 pujabhojak007@gmail.com Author Dey, Dipti diptiday 01 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4586 - 8842 diptiday01@gmail.com Author Thapliyal, Neha nehathapliyal 970 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6998 - 6822 nehathapliyal970@gmail.com Author Bisht, Kapil kapilkannu @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1150 - 694 X kapilkannu@gmail.com Author Bisht, Monika monicabisht 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9876 - 3679 monicabisht92@gmail.com Author Negi, Vikram Singh vikramsnegii @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3380 - 7930 vikramsnegii@gmail.com Author Mehta, Poonam Centre for Biodiversity Conservation and Management, G. B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Kosi - Katarmal, Almora - 263643, Uttarakhand, India & poonam. mehta 082 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1150 - 694 X kcsekar 1312 @ rediffmail. com (* author for correspondence) poonam.mehta082@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-03-01 537 1 1 62 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.537.1.1 1179-3163 6331950

TABLE 5. Habit distribution along the elevational gradient of cold desert of Uttarakhand.

Elevation	Trees		Shrubs		Herbs	Climbers
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Taxa	Genera	Family Taxa	Genera	Family	Taxa Genera Family	Taxa	Genera	Family
3000-3500 21	14	6 103	39	22	705 301 60	6	2	2
3501-4000 6	4	3 75	28	18	562 229 46	3	1	1
4001-4500 2	2	2 30	18	13	352 160 39	2	1	1
4501-5000 1	1	1 12	9	7	169 87 30	1	1	1
> 5000 -	-	- 5	5	3	62 34 14	1	1	1
TABLE. Diversity of threatened plant taxa of cold desert of Uttarakhand.
Name of the species		Threat Global population trend Status			References
Angiosperms
Acer acuminatum		LC	UNKN		Chen et al. 2018
Aconitum balfourii		VU	UNKN		Ved et al. 2003
Aconitum heterophyllum		EN1, R2	DECR		Jain & Sastry 19842, Ved et al. 2015a 1
Aconitum violaceum		VU	DECR		Ved et al. 2003, Ved et al. 2015b
Agrostis stolonifera		LC	STAB		Lansdown 2014a
Allium stracheyi		VU	UNKN		Nayar & Sastry 1990, Ved et al. 2003
Alopecurus arundinaceus		LC	UNKN		Akhani 2014a
Angelica glauca		EN	DECR		Ved et al. 2015c
Arisaema jacquemontii		LC	STAB		Crook & Bachman 2013
Arnebia benthamii		CR1, R2	UNKN		Jain & Sastry 19842, Ved et al. 20031
Artemisia maritima		NT	UNKN		Ved et al. 2003
Asparagus filicinus		DD	UNKN		Rhodes & Maxted 2016a
Bergenia stracheyi		VU	UNKN		Ved et al. 2003
Betula utilis		NT1, LC2	DECR		Ved et al. 20031, Shaw et al. 20142
Calamagrostis		LC	UNKN		Akhani 2014b
pseudophragmites
Caltha palustris		LC	STAB		Akhani 2014c
Carex microglochin		LC	STAB		Lansdown 2014b
Carex orbicularis		LC	UNKN		Kavak 2014a
Catabrosa aquatica		LC	UNKN		Akhani 2014d
Cephalanthera longifolia		LC	UNKN		Rankou 2011a
Corylus jacquemontii		DD	UNKN		Roy et al. 2018
Cotoneaster transcaucasicus		LC	UNKN		Güner & Zielinski 1998
Cyananthus integer		R	UNKN		Nayar & Sastry 1988