Database of Vascular Plants of Himalaya

Suresh Kumar Rana; Gopal Singh Rawat

doi:10.15468/zdeuix

Database of Vascular Plants of Himalaya

Citation

Rana S K, Rawat G S (2019). Database of Vascular Plants of Himalaya. Version 1.6. Wildlife Institute of India. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zdeuix accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

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.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

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

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

Geographic Coverages

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.

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Contacts

Suresh Kumar Rana
originator
position: Senior Research Fellow
Wildlife Institute of India
Dehradun
248001
Uttrakhand
IN
Telephone: +919419935911
email: envsuresh09@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2386-216X

Gopal Singh Rawat
originator
position: Dean
Wildlife Institute of India
Dehradun
248001
Uttrakhand
IN
email: rawatg@wii.gov.in

Suresh Kumar Rana
metadata author
position: Senior Research Fellow
Wildlife Institute of India
Dehradun
248001
Uttrakhand
IN
Telephone: +919419935911
email: envsuresh09@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2386-216X

Suresh Kumar Rana
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Research Fellow
Wildlife Institute of India
Dehradun
248001
Uttrakhand
IN
Telephone: +919419935911
email: envsuresh09@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2386-216X

Gopal Singh Rawat
administrative point of contact
position: Dean
Wildlife Institute of India
Dehradun
248001
Uttrakhand
IN
email: rawatg@wii.gov.in

Suresh Kumar Rana
technical point of contact
email: skrana@wii.gov.in