Lichens Flora of Nepal at Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Shiva Devkota; Til Bikram Chongbang; Chitra Bahadur Baniya

doi:10.15468/zewugc

Lichens Flora of Nepal at Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Citation

Devkota S, Chongbang T B, Baniya C B (2021). Lichens Flora of Nepal at Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Version 1.3. Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zewugc accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

This occurrence database contains records of the lichens based on the herbarium specimens deposited at the Tribhuvan University Central Herbarium (TUCH) managed by the Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University Nepal. This database is a part of a project funded by the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia (BIFA; project no. BIFA05_23 to Shiva Devkota) program of Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) supported by the Ministry of Environment, Government of Japan and co-funding came from the Himalayan Climate and Science Institute (HCSI), ForestAction Nepal and Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS).

Purpose

Digitization has been a fast-growing process mostly in academic institutions for the preservation and dissemination of knowledge. In the global north, collections deposited in the libraries, natural history museums, and herbaria have been more or less digitized than in the global south. Therefore, for the conservation of the biological diversity and associated knowledge, documentation, digitization and analysis of the specimens of the global south are crucial. Lichens in the other hand is already the understudied and underprivileged group and demands further research and extension. This digitization project aims to fulfil that gap and contribute to the records of GBIF by digitizing lichens herbarium collections deposited in different herbaria in Nepal.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The occurrence records of the lichens of Nepal housed at Tribhuvan University Central Herbarium (TUCH), Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Sampling

The occurrence records of the lichens of Nepal housed at Tribhuvan University Central Herbarium (TUCH), Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Most of the specimens were collected and deposited by PhD scholars and M.Sc graduates during their course of the studies.

Quality Control

• Experts consultation (for taxonomic determination/confirmation and data geo-references), • Data cleaning using OpenRefine (https://openrefine.org/), • Data validation using GBIF data validator (https://www.gbif.org/tools/data-validator), • Data management in Darwin Core Standard Format using reference guide (https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/), • Missing coordinate and geographic outliers check of the locations (https://www.google.com/earth/)

Method steps

• Pre-digitization curation and staging • Image capture and processing • Electronic data capture • Georeferencing • Data publication

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Nepal in South Asia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Shiva Devkota
originator
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5290-1113

Til Bikram Chongbang
originator
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
email: tbchongbang@yahoo.com

Chitra Bahadur Baniya
originator
position: Associate Professor
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
email: cb.baniya@cdbtu.edu.np

Shiva Devkota
metadata author
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5290-1113

Shiva Devkota
content provider
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com

Shiva Devkota
administrative point of contact
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5290-1113