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Publications related to the Flora of Nepal
Knowledge on Nepalese plants in the recent nomenclatural framework, based on these specimens appeared for the first time in N. Wallich's Tentamen Florae Nepalensis (1824) and D. Don's Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825). A more complete treatment on Nepalese plants is found in J.D. Hooker's Flora of British India, Vols. 1-7 (1872-1897). Since then several books, articles and notes have been published, by the experts of national and international institutions, related to Flora of Nepal. Among these publications An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal, Vols 1-3 published by the British Museum (Natural History) between 1978-1982 is regarded as the most authentic and complete treatment on the Nepalese plants. The books were published as a result of the collaboration with University of Tokyo, which was also assisted by some Nepalese botanists.
The Department of Plant Resources, formerly Department of Medicinal Plants, was established in 1965 with the main purpose of exploration, documentation of plant resources and publication of Flora of Nepal. To fulfil the above goal, a national Herbarium was established in 1971 and housed about 150,000 specimens so far. Within a period of three decades, several local floras and fascicles of small families as an account of the Flora of Nepal has been published.
Selected References on the Flora of Nepal
Don, D. (1825). Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. London.
Hara, H., Ed. (1966). The flora of eastern Himalaya. The flora of eastern Himalaya. Tokyo, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Hara, H., Ed. (1971). Flora of eastern Himalaya. Second report. Flora of eastern Himalaya. Tokyo, University Museum, University of Tokyo.
Hara, H., A. O. Chater, and L. H. J. Williams, Eds. (1982). An enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal. Vol. II. London, Trustees of British Museum (Natural History).
Hara, H., W. T. Stearn and L. H. J. Williams, Eds. (1978). An enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal. Vol. I. London, Trustees of British Museum (Natural History).
Hara, H. and L. H. J. Williams, Eds. (1979). An enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal. Vol. III. London, Trustees of British Museum (Natural History).
Hooker, J. D. (1872-1897). The Flora of British India. Vols. I-VII. London, L. Reeve.
Kitamura, D. (1955). Flowering plants and ferns. Fauna and Flora of Nepal Himalaya. H. Kihara. Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto University. 1: 73-290.
Koba, H., S. Akiyama, Y. Endo and H. Ohba, Eds. (1994). Name list of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Nepal. Tokyo, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo. 569p.
Malla, S. B., Ed. (1986). Flora of Kathmandu Valley. Bulletin of Dept. Med. Pl. Nepal. Kathmandu, HMG Department of Med. Plants.
Malla, S. B. e. a., Ed. (1976). Flora of Langtang and Cross Section Vegetation Survey (Central Zone). Bulletin Dept. Med. Plants Nepal No. 6. Kathmandu, HMG Ministry of Forests, Dept. Med. Plants, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Naithani, H. B. (1990). Flowering Plants of India, Nepal and Bhutan. Dehradun, India, Surya Publications.
Ohashi, H., Ed. (1975). The Flora of Eastern Himalaya. The Flora of Eastern Himalaya. Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press.
Ohba, H. (1988). The alpine flora of the Nepal Himalayas: An introductory note. The Himalayan Plants. H. M. Ohba, S.B. Tokyo, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo. 1: 19-46.
Ohba, H. and S. B. Malla, Eds. (1988). The Himalayan Plants. Vol. I. Tokyo, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo. 386p.
Ohba, H. and S. B. Malla, Eds. (1991). The Himalayan Plants. Vol. II. Tokyo, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo. 269p.
Polunin, O. and A. Stainton (1984). Flowers of the Himalaya. New Delhi, Oxford University Press.
Shrestha, T.B. and R.M. Joshi (1996). Rare, Endemic and Endangered plants of Nepal. WWF Nepal Program. 245p.
Stainton, A. (1988). Flowers of the Himalaya - a supplement. New Delhi, Oxford University Press.
Wallich, N. (1824-1826). Tentamen Florae Nepalensis Illustratae. Calcutta, Asiatic Lithographical Press.
Wallich, N. (1829-32). A Numerical List of dried specimens of Plants in the East India Company & Museum. London.