Biostatistics of Traditionally used Medicinal Plants of Almora District, Uttarakhand(India)

Diversity must be added to the list of factors - including species composition, disturbance regime, soil type and climate - that influence ecosystem functioning. The recent knowledge of the importance of biodiversity highlights an under-appreciated truth - although society is dependent on natural and managed ecosystems for goods and services that are essential for human survival, we know all too little about how ecosystems work. Almora district of Uttarakhand, India for the presence of plants of medicinal importance were used locally besides recorded in the ancient and modern texts. During the survey, 187 ethno medicinal plants have been studied. Clustering, Correlation and liner regression has been calculated, between the two variables i.e, number of diseases with number of plants with parts used. The correlation between number of diseases and number of plants with particular parts used is 0.9020. The value of correlation is 0.9020 and coefficient of variation is 0.3188. It indicates that there is high positive correlation between the two variables at 5% level of significances at 11 df. The value of regression coefficient is highly significant at 1% level of probability.