Gangtok: Forty five species of flora are facing extinction in Sikkim, a Botanial Survey of India (BSI) report has said.

Plant species like aconitum ferox, dioscorea deltoid, pseudotenesa, acronema and ephedra gerrardiana are some of those which are endangered, senior BSI scientist Kanad Das said.

The findings came to light recently when a BSI team undertook an exercise to update the status of the flora species in Sikkim.

The survey was in particular aimed at identifying the endemic, endangered and threatened species of the flora in the Himalayan state, Das said, adding the status of the floral species in Sikkim on the basis of the latest survey would be sent to the Centre.

BSI has infrastructure, including nurseries, to preserve various floral species and so if any particular species of flora faces threat of extinction then such plants could be replaced by a preserved ones, Das said.

Sikkim has about 4,400 varieties of flora species.

Source : PTI