%0 Journal Article
%T Reproductive Biology of Picrorhiza kurroa ¨C a Critically Endangered High Value Temperate Medicinal Plant
%A ravinder raina
%A Tara Singh Mehra
%A Romesh Chand
%A YashPal Sharma
%J Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
%D 2011
%I Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India
%X Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex. Benth.(Family: Scrophulariaceae), an important endangered temperate medicinal plant used as hepatic stimulant is a perennial herb propagated mostly by stolon segments. Chromosome number and its reproductive behaviour are reported for the first time. Meiosis is normal in the species with 2n=34 chromosomes. P. kurroa mostly prefers out-crossing as evinced by pollination experiments and floral architecture.
%K Picrorhiza kurroa
%K endangered medicinal plant
%K reproductive biology
%U http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/JMAP/article/view/4380