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Medicinal plants threatened by changing climates

A recent article published in the journal of the American Botanical Council, HerbalGram, warns that climate change is affecting medicinal and aromatic plants around the world and could ultimately lead to losses of some key species. 

The article notes that species endemic to regions or ecosystems that are especially vulnerable to climate change, such as Arctic and alpine regions, could be most at risk.(...)

The summary:

http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0571/

The paper:

http://cms.herbalgram.org/herbalgram/issue81/article3379.html?Issue=81

The 2009 Plant Conservation Report:

http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/plant-conservation-report-en.pdf