Endemic Plants Mt. Rinjani: An Outlook To The Conservation Strategy

W Wardani, A Hidayat, EF Hidayat, A Kartonegoro, LD Sulistyaningsih, ES Kuncari & EB Walujo. 2012. Endemic plants of Mt. Rinjani: An outlook to the Conservation Strategy. Floribunda 4(5): 107-112. --- Mount Rinjani, lies in the island of Lombok, is believed as the major source of plant diversity in the island today. This is caused primarily by the rapid land conversion to the less steep plains for agricultural industries. Although in the sum of less than 50 persen of the estimated native plant species, the endemic inhabit the mountain area is of important in conservation since very limited information known to these species. At the same time, the habitat is threatened by tourism activities, mainly on the tracks lead to caldera. There is an urgent need to establish a working conservation strategy to ensure the sustainability of them. In this paper, the occurrence of endemic species based on herbarium records and literatures with the proposed conservation strategy is discussed.Key words: endemic, Lombok Island, Mt. Rinjani, conservation strategy Floribunda, tahun 2013 vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 107-112