Title : A slide talk with a short note on the Flora of Nepal
Abstract:
The federal republic of Nepal is situated in the central Himalaya covering one third of its total length from east to west with the latitude of 26°22` to 30° 27` N and longitude of 80° 40` to 88° 12` E. It lies between two countries like China on its North and India on its East, South and West making it as a landlocked country. But however due to its wide variation in altitude, latitude, topography, snow fall pattern etc, it has wide variation in plant and animal distribution which is nowadays called biological diversity.
From the floristic point of view Nepal falls within two biogeographical realms: Indo Malayan and Paleo- arctic. Phytogeographically Nepal lies at the cross roads of six floristic regions – central Asiatic in the North, Sino-Japan in the east, South East Asia Malayan in the south east, Indian in the south, Sudano- Zambian in the south west and Irano-Turanian in the west. Hence the distribution of vegetation in the east is different from the west as compared to the rainfall pattern and shows their interrelationship and affinities with the floras of adjoining countries.
Hence different scientists have proposed the different types of vegetation in different periods. Here the vegetation is given in simplified form from the tropical area to the alpine and even arid areas where there is possibility of growing the mosses and lichens found on the crevices of stones.
For this many photographs of different flowering plants have been recorded along with Conifers, Rhododendrons which are available in different altitudes. Lots of wild plants with their edible, medicinal values are also described as per their vegetational zones. Rare plants which are in the record of CITES are also shown with photographs collected from the forest of temperate and subalpine zones.
