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The flora of Nepal is one of the richest in the world due to the diverse climate, topology and geography of the country. Research undertaken in the late 1970s and early 1980s documented 5067 species of which 5041 were angiosperms and the remaining 26 species were gymnosperms. [1] The Terai area has hardwood, bamboo, palm, and sal trees. [2]
Nepal portal; This category includes the native flora of Nepal.Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. In accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), this category is included within the larger region of the Indian subcontinent in Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent
The samples of the new plant were collected for the first time from Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park in 2018 at an altitude of 1,930m. The taxon is named after plant enthusiast La Dorchee Sherpa who first came across the plant. [1] [2] The published name was Rubus dorcheae, but as La Dorchee Sherpa is a man, the epithet was corrected to ...
Rosa webbiana, occasionally called Webb's rose, wild rose, or thorny rose, is a widely distributed species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. [2] It is native to Central Asia, Tibet and Xinjiang in China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and Nepal. [1]
Rhododendron arboreum, the tree rhododendron, [1] is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a showy display of bright red flowers. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Thailand. It is the national flower of Nepal. In India it is the state tree of Uttarakhand and state flower of Nagaland.
Its location on the south slope of the Himalaya allows the intermingling of plants and animals from the Indomalayan and Palearctic biogeographic realms. The most dominant trees in this ecoregion and every main forest types in ecoregion is Pinus roxburghii , Pinus hwangshanensis , Juniperus tibetica , Tsuga dumosa and Taxus sumatrana .
Daphne bholua, the Nepalese paper plant, is a species of flowering shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae. It grows at altitudes of 1,700–3,500 m (5,577–11,483 ft) in the Himalayas and neighbouring mountain ranges, from Nepal to southern China.
Daphne papyracea is a shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae.It is evergreen, and is found across Asia, from Pakistan through central Nepal to China. Generally it is found at elevations from 700 to 3,100 metres (2,300 to 10,200 ft). [2]