Flowering plants of Sarkuwa VDC, Baglung, Western Nepal

Indramani Bhagat; Bimala Subedi

doi:10.3126/njbs.v7i1.41789

Flowering plants of Sarkuwa VDC, Baglung, Western Nepal

Nepalese Journal of Biosciences ◽

10.3126/njbs.v7i1.41789 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 89-96

Author(s):

Indramani Bhagat ◽

Bimala Subedi

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Species Trees

The study was conducted in Sarkuwa VDC of Baglung district, Western Nepal to explore and document the flowering plants. Altogether 127 species of plants belonging to108 genera and 53 families were collected. Dominant families of the study area are Moraceae with 11 species, Asteraceae with 9 species, Fabaceae and Euphorbiaceae with 8 species, Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae with 5 species and Anacardiceae, Meliaceae, Poaceae with 4 species. Among the 127 species, trees are dominant in species composition attaining 39.37 of the whole floristic value, shrub with 27.55%, herb with 25.19%, and climber with 5.15%, under shrub with 1.57% and finally parasite by attaining 0.78%.

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Honey flora of forest plant community

BIO Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/bioconf/20213901008 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 39 ◽

pp. 01008

Author(s):

V.P. Naumkin ◽

N.A. Lopachev ◽

V.T. Lobkov

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Plant Community ◽

Forest Cover ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Deciduous Forests ◽

Forest Community ◽

Rational Use ◽

Late Autumn ◽

Flower Nectar ◽

Oak Ash

The honey flora of the forest plant community is an important forage resource for the development of beekeeping. That’s why it is desirable to assess species composition and total number of honey plants and to determine the honey reserve of the area of the forest community plant. The forest cover of the Orel region is 9.3%, and this cover is distributed on its territory very irregularly. 257 species out of the total number of honey plants in the region are found in the forests. Deciduous forests are dominant in the Orel region including oak, ash, linden, birch and aspen. The results of studies of flowering plants in the forest plant community showed that there is a sufficient number of honey plants in the forest to provide bee families with nectar from spring to late autumn due to the natural flower-nectar conveyor. The assessment of the honey stock of this community shows that the stock equals 4,872 tons from 203 thousand hectares of forest. And bees can sip only about 30% (1,626 tons). It proves that significant honey reserves are concentrated in the forest plant community of the Orel region. The rational use of these reserves will help to solve the problem of reproduction of new bee families of the aboriginal Central Russian breed and to organize a long honey gathering by bees that provide people of the region with honey.

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Floristics of flowering plants from the understory of Atlantic remnants in central and southern Bahia, Brazil

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas ◽

10.17348/jbrit.v11.i1.1170 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 175-184

Author(s):

Rodrigo L. Borges ◽

Patrícia A. Ferreira ◽

Blandina F. Viana ◽

Maria L.S. Guedes ◽

Nádia Roque

Keyword(s):

Species Diversity ◽

Species Composition ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Atlantic Rainforest ◽

Floristic Inventory ◽

The World ◽

High Species Diversity ◽

Southern Bahia ◽

Taxonomic Novelties ◽

State Records

The Atlantic Rainforest has high species diversity and endemism and is one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world. However, the rainforest understory stratum is regarded as the least studied and understood with regards to biodiversity. The aim of our study was to develop an up-to-date checklist of flowering plants collected in 10 Atlantic Rainforest remnants in Southern Bahia, Brazil. The floristic inventory recorded 49 families, 103 genera, and 170 species. The richest families were Rubiaceae (34 spp.), Melastomataceae (16), Bromeliaceae, Poaceae (8 spp.), Cyperaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Marantaceae, Myrtaceae, and Piperaceae (7). We record 10 new state records for Bahia and two new taxonomic novelties (Bertolonia sp. nov. and Palicourea sp. nov.) were discovered. The species composition is very exclusive with 85% of species occurring in only one of the studied areas and 27% being endemic to this biome region.

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