A checklist of Mistletoes of Nepal
Citation
Devkota M P (2021). A checklist of Mistletoes of Nepal. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/t59b5w accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-29.Description
This dataset lists 21 species of Mistletoes compiled from literature resources as indicated in the dataset. Mistletoes constitute a polyphyletic group of flowering parasitic plants and are commonly known as “Ainjeru” or “Lisso” in Nepali. Mistletoes are entirely dependent on their hosts for water and nutrients and affect their hosts mainly by competing for limited resources.Sampling Description
Quality Control
Expert's judgement, and with reference to published paper and as published in flora which is a link to Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal.Method steps
- Compilation from published literature
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Species recorded in Nepal from different locality in eastern, central and western Nepal. The locality reference of new records from Nepal are given. The information from the (www.efloras.org) provides some reference to distribution of species in Nepal and neighboring countries.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Mohan Prasad Devkotaoriginator
position: Head of Department, Botany, Misttletoe Biologist
Amrit Science Campus, Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu
PO Box-102
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: 977 9841446570
email: mohanpdevkota@gmail.com
Mohan Prasad Devkota
metadata author
position: Head of Department, Botany, Misttletoe Biologist
Amrit Science Campus, Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu
PO Box-102
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: 977 9841446570
email: mohanpdevkota@gmail.com
Sameer Bajracharya
user
position: Research Associate GIS Developer
ICIMOD
email: sameer.bajracharya@icimod.org
Mohan Prasad Devkota
administrative point of contact
position: Head of Department, Botany, Misttletoe Biologist
Amrit Science Campus, Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu
PO Box-102
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: 977 9841446570
email: mohanpdevkota@gmail.com