Habitat Suitability Modeling for Conservation of Habenaria Diphylla (nimmo) Dalzell: Medicinal Orchid in Western Ghats of Kerala, India Under Different Climatic Scenarios
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: HABENARIA WILLD., contains about 898 species spread across tropical and subtropical regions of the old and new worlds and it is the largest genus of terrestrial orchids (Govaerts, 2015;POWO, 2024).Habenaria diphylla (Nimmo) Dalzell, commonly known as Two-leaved Habenaria, is a tuberous geophytic orchid that thrives in wet tropical biomes and grassy hill slopes.The plant produces several loosely or heavily flowered racemes, with oblong-lanceolate petals measuring 3.5 to 6 mm ( Van et al., 2021).Flowering occurs from July to October and it is listed as Not Evaluated on the IUCN Red List (Gaikwad et al., 2015).Species distribution models predict potential species ranges using ecology, geography, and limited distribution data (Franklin, 2013).Ecological Niche Modelling (ENM) utilize statistical, machine learning, and spatial analysis techniques to quantify speciesenvironment relationships, characterizing niche dimensions and boundaries (Barbosa et al., 2012;Jalal and Singh, 2017).By understanding the complex interactions between species and their environment, ENMs informs conservation strategies, climate change impact and biodiversity management (Chefaoui et al., 2015).Currently, various geo-statistical models and tools are employed to simulate the global distribution of plant species, assess spatial patterns of species
Source: J Orchid Soc India
Authors: Soujanya Halagatti, Sheron Fernandez, Mini Sankar, Shelton Padua, U Sreelatha, A M Simmy
Language: English
Subfield: Ecological Modeling
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: bronze
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