Climate change, land cover change, and overharvesting threaten a widely used medicinal plant in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Medicinal plants contribute substantially to the well-being of people in large parts of the world, providing traditional medicine and supporting livelihoods from trading plant parts, which is especially significant for women in low-income communities. However, the availability of wild medicinal plants is increasingly threatened; for example, the Natal Lily (Clivia miniata), which is one of the most widely traded plants in informal medicine markets in South Africa, lost over 40% of individuals over the last 90 years. Understanding the species' response to individual and multiple pressures is essential for prioritizing and planning conservation actions. To gain this understanding, we simulated the future range and abundance of C. miniata by coupling Species Distribution Models with a metapop

SUBMITTER: Groner VP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9286539 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature