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Plant Information & Technology Transfer for Nepal

Future Projects on the Flora of Nepal

Comprehensive Flora of Nepal


Although the catalogue and enumeration of the flowering and non-flowering plants of Nepal have been published, it is now seriously felt that there is a need of a comprehensive flora of Nepal covering identification keys, description, representative illustrations, local names, uses and distribution pattern. A need is also realised to establish GIS-based electronic database and update directory of all plant specimens collected from Nepal. Several attempts have been made to launch the Flora of Nepal Project in national and international levels. Two international workshops on Flora of Nepal were held in Yokohama, Tokyo (September 3, 1993) and Kathmandu, Nepal (April 15-16, 1997) respectively to establish an international collaborative project. In this context, University of Tokyo, Natural History Museum London, HMG Nepal Department of Plant Resources, and Tribhuvan University are seriously planning to launch a collaborative project on Flora of Nepal in near future.