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Database of Vascular Plants of Himalaya

Latest version published by Wildlife Institute of India on Nov 5, 2019 Wildlife Institute of India

Himalaya forms the largest and highest mountain rage on the earth. Extending over 2400 km nearly east-west with complex topographical features Himalaya provides a wide variety of climate and soils and consequently supports a remarkable assemblage of vegetation types and vascular plant diversity. In this database we examined all available 31 floras published in 42 volumes for different regions of Bhutan, Nepal and Indian Himalayan states and compiled a comprehensive checklist of all plants reported from Himalaya with information on their geographical and elevational distribution. The species names of vascular plants were assessed against updated taxonomic list of botanical names available from www.theplantlist.com (The Plant List, 2013). Further all names were assessed in the GBIF backbone taxonomy using species matching service on GBIF website.

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Rana S K, Rawat G S (2017): Database of Vascular Plants of Himalaya. v1.6. Wildlife Institute of India. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ibif.gov.in:8443/ipt/resource?r=himalayanflora&v=1.6

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Keywords

elevational ranges; geographic distribution; Himalaya; mountains; occurrence; vascular plants

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Suresh Kumar Rana
Senior Research Fellow
Wildlife Institute of India 248001 Dehradun Uttrakhand IN +919419935911
Gopal Singh Rawat
Dean
Wildlife Institute of India 248001 Dehradun Uttrakhand IN

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Suresh Kumar Rana
Senior Research Fellow
Wildlife Institute of India 248001 Dehradun Uttrakhand IN +919419935911
Gopal Singh Rawat
Dean
Wildlife Institute of India 248001 Dehradun Uttrakhand IN

Who filled in the metadata:

Suresh Kumar Rana
Senior Research Fellow
Wildlife Institute of India 248001 Dehradun Uttrakhand IN +919419935911

Geographic Coverage

The vascular plant species database include species reported from Himalaya covering mountainous regions of 3 countries viz. Bhutan, Nepal and Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Northern West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir states of India. The species checklist was obtained by compiling all species reported in the 31 floras published in 42 volumes from different parts of Himalayan region. Synonyms were eliminated by assessing all species names in floras against the updated species names from The Plant List (2013) and GBIF backbone taxonomy.

Bounding Coordinates South West [26.5, 73.5], North East [35, 97]

Taxonomic Coverage

All the species of vascular plants reported from Himalayas. A list of families reported is as under:

Family  Acanthaceae,  Achariaceae,  Actinidiaceae,  Adoxaceae,  Aizoaceae,  Alismataceae,  Amaranthaceae,  Amaryllidaceae,  Anacardiaceae,  Annonaceae,  Apiaceae,  Apocynaceae,  Aponogetonaceae,  Aquifoliaceae,  Araceae,  Araliaceae,  Araucariaceae,  Arecaceae,  Aristolochiaceae,  Asclepiadaceae,  Asparagaceae,  Balanophoraceae,  Balsaminaceae,  Basellaceae,  Begoniaceae,  Berberidaceae,  Betulaceae,  Biebersteiniaceae,  Bignoniaceae,  Bixaceae,  Boraginaceae,  Brassicaceae,  Bromeliaceae,  Burmanniaceae,  Burseraceae,  Butomaceae,  Buxaceae,  Cactaceae,  Calceolariaceae,  Calycanthaceae,  Calophyllaceae,  Campanulaceae,  Cannabaceae,  Cannaceae,  Capparaceae,  Caprifoliaceae,  Cardiopteridaceae,  Caricaceae,  Carlemanniaceae,  Caryophyllaceae,  Casuarinaceae,  Celastraceae,  Ceratophyllaceae,  Chenopodiaceae,  Chloranthaceae,  Circaeasteraceae,  Cleomaceae,  Clethraceae,  Clusiaceae,  Colchicaceae,  Combretaceae,  Commelinaceae,  Compositae,  Connaraceae,  Convolvulaceae,  Coriariaceae,  Cornaceae,  Crassulaceae,  Cucurbitaceae,  Cupressaceae,  Cycadaceae,  Cyperaceae,  Daphniphyllaceae,  Datiscaceae,  Diapensiaceae,  Dichapetalaceae,  Dilleniaceae,  Dioscoreaceae,  Dipsacaceae,  Dipterocarpaceae,  Droseraceae,  Ebenaceae,  Elaeagnaceae,  Elaeocarpaceae,  Elatinaceae,  Ephedraceae,  Equisetaceae,  Ericaceae,  Eriocaulaceae,  Euphorbiaceae,  Eupteleaceae,  Fagaceae,  Flacourtiaceae,  Garryaceae,  Gentianaceae,  Geraniaceae,  Gesneriaceae,  Ginkgoaceae,  Gnetaceae,  Grossulariaceae,  Haloragaceae,  Haloragidaceae,  Hamamelidaceae,  Hernandiaceae,  Hydrangeaceae,  Hydrocharitaceae,  Hydroleaceae,  Hypericaceae,  Hypoxidaceae,  Icacinaceae,  Illiciaceae,  Iridaceae,  Iteaceae,  Juglandaceae,  Juncaceae,  Juncaginaceae,  Lamiaceae,  Lardizabalaceae,  Lauraceae,  Lecythidaceae,  Leguminosae,  Lentibulariaceae,  Liliaceae,  Linaceae,  Linderniaceae,  Loganaceae,  Loganiaceae,  Loranthaceae,  Lythraceae,  Magnoliaceae,  Malpighiaceae,  Malvaceae,  Marantaceae,  Marsileaceae,  Martyniaceae,  Melanthiaceae,  Melastomataceae,  Meliaceae,  Melianthaceae,  Menispermaceae,  Menyanthaceae,  Molluginaceae,  Moraceae,  Morinaceae,  Moringaceae,  Musaceae,  Myricaceae,  Myristicaceae,  Myrsinaceae,  Myrtaceae,  Nartheciaceae,  Nelumbonaceae,  Nitrariaceae,  Nyctaginaceae,  Nymphaeaceae,  Ochnaceae,  Olacaceae,  Oleaceae,  Onagraceae,  Ophioglossaceae,  Opiliaceae,  Orchidaceae,  Orobanchaceae,  Osmundaceae,  Oxalidaceae,  Paeoniaceae,  Pandanaceae,  Papaveraceae,  Parnassiaceae,  Passifloraceae,  Paulowniaceae,  Pedaliaceae,  Penaeaceae,  Pentaphylacaceae,  Phrymaceae,  Phyllanthaceae,  Phytolaccaceae,  Pinaceae,  Piperaceae,  Pittosporaceae,  Plantaginaceae,  Platanaceae,  Plumbaginaceae,  Poaceae,  Podocarpaceae,  Podostemaceae,  Polemoniaceae,  Polygalaceae,  Polygonaceae,  Pontederiaceae,  Portulacaceae,  Potamogetonaceae,  Primulaceae,  Proteaceae,  Putranjivaceae,  Rafflesiaceae,  Ranunculaceae,  Resedaceae,  Rhamnaceae,  Rhizophoraceae,  Rosaceae,  Rubiaceae,  Rutaceae,  Sabiaceae,  Salicaceae,  Salviniaceae,  Santalaceae,  Sapindaceae,  Sapotaceae,  Saururaceae,  Saxifragaceae,  Schisandraceae,  Scrophulariaceae,  Selaginellaceae,  Simaroubaceae,  Smilacaceae,  Solanaceae,  Sphenocleaceae,  Stachyuraceae,  Staphyleaceae,  Stemonaceae,  Stemonuraceae,  Stylidiaceae,  Styracaceae,  Symplocaceae,  Talinaceae,  Tamaricaceae,  Taxaceae,  Taxodiaceae,  Tetracentraceae,  Tetramelaceae,  Theaceae,  Thelypteridaceae,  Thymelaeaceae,  Tiliaceae,  Tofieldiaceae,  Tropaeolaceae,  Typhaceae,  Ulmaceae,  Urticaceae,  Verbenaceae,  Violaceae,  Vitaceae,  Xanthorrhoeaceae,  Xyridaceae,  Zingiberaceae,  Zygophyllaceae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1903-01-01 / 2014-01-01

Project Data

The vascular plant database of Himalaya was compiled as a part of Ph.D thesis of the corresponding author of the database. All the vascular plants reported by all floras from Himalaya were compiled with elevational ranges and geographical distribution within Himalaya in order to understand the elevational species richness of vascular plants along the Himalaya as well as the variation in species richness from more tropical region of eastern Himalaya to more temperate northwest Himalaya.

Title Plant diversity gradients along the Himalaya
Study Area Description The Himalaya represent the largest and highest mountain system on the globe. Climate varies from subtropical to high alpine and the northwest is notably drier than the east. A complex topography generates a wide variety of climate and soils and consequently supports a large assemblage of vegetation types and richness of vascular plants. In so far as it has been studied, within all groups of plants and animals, species richness declines from a biodiversity hotspot in eastern Himalaya to the less diverse northwest Himalaya. This database was compile to understand the species richness patterns of Himalayan vascular in more details.
Design Description Himalayan region was divided into six regions viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Sikkim & Northern Bengal, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and vascular plants species reported by all floras in each region were compiled with information on elevational range of each species. The occurrence of all species in each of the six regions has been reported with the respective elevational range in this database.

The personnel involved in the project:

Author
Suresh Kumar Rana
Principal Investigator
Gopal Singh Rawat

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https://ibif.gov.in:8443/ipt/resource?r=himalayanflora