Gymnosperms preserved at Natural History Museum, TU, Nepal

Occurrence
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Description

A total of 71 gymnosperm specimens are preserved at NHM, TU, Nepal either in formalin or dry herbarium specimen. These specimen belonged to three classes, three order, seven families and fifteen genera. Juniperus, Pinus, Ephedra and Araucaria has the maximum number of preserved specimens. These specimens were collected in between 1969 and 2003 by different collectors from different parts of Nepal. Ephedra was collected from the highest elevation (3962.4 m). Besides this, NHM, TU, Nepal has conserved Cupressus sp., Juniperus incurva, Pinus wallichiana, Podocarpus nerifolius, Taxus wallichiana and T. squamata in the living form within it's premises.

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Dhami U, Acharya S, Shakya B (2024). Gymnosperms preserved at Natural History Museum, TU, Nepal. Version 1.4. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://training-ipt-a.gbif.org/resource?r=gymnosperms_of_nhm&v=1.4

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Keywords

NHM; gymnosperm; taxon; specimen

Contacts

Urmila Dhami
  • Originator
  • Intern
Natural History Museum, TU
  • Kirtipur
44600 Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Sujan Acharya
  • Originator
  • Student
Amrit Science College, Lainchaur
  • Kirtipur
44600 Kathmandu
NP
Bimala Shakya
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
  • Lecturer
Natural History Museum, TU
  • Natural History Museum, Swayambhu
44600 Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
  • 9848725964
Devendra Maharjan
  • Point Of Contact
  • Taxodermist
Natural History Museum, TU
  • Natural History Museum, Swayambhu
44600 Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
  • 9841301407
Lily Shrestha
  • Reviewer
  • Asia Regional Support Team
GBIF Asia Regional Support Team
  • Kirtipur
44600 Lalitpur
Bagmati
NP

Geographic Coverage

Most of the Gymnosperm specimens preserved at NHM, TU, Nepal has been collected from Central Nepal and Western Nepal. There is no any collection from eastern part of Nepal. One specimen, Thujopsis has been collected from Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

Bounding Coordinates South West [27.04, 83.645], North East [28.773, 88.262]

Taxonomic Coverage

N/A

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Class Cycadopsida, Pinopsida, Gnetopsida
Order Cycadales, Pinales, Gnetales
Family Ephedraceae, Cupressaceae, Araucariaceae, Pinaceae, Cycadaceae, Podocarpaceae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1969-11-11 / 2003-05-30

Collection Data

Collection Name Collection of Gymnosperms
Specimen preservation methods Dried and pressed,  Formalin
Curatorial Units Count 61 +/- 0 sheets ,  Count 10 +/- 0 jars

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers f9cc39cd-f4cb-442a-82ed-2d1aad35ce0a
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