Impacts of climate change on the distribution pattern of Himalayan Rhubarb (Rheum australe D. Don) in Nepal Himalaya.

ABSTRACT: While there has been substantial consensus that climate change poses a severe threat to the Himalayan biota; we still lack comprehensive data on the potential impact of climate change on the important Himalayan medicinal plants connected with the livelihood of local people and the national economy. In this study, using MaxEnt, we modelled the distribution pattern of Rheum australe, a medicinal plant prioritized by the Government of Nepal for the nation's economic prosperity, for the current as well as all four future projections (SSP126, SSP245, SSP370, and SSP585) to all the data available periods (2021-2040, 2041-2060, 2061-2080, and 2081-2100). In addition, we performed spatial overlay analysis to identify the optimum zones that could be developed as potential planting/conservation site

SUBMITTER: Paudel BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12118860 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature