Flora of Shaktikhor V.D.C, Chitwan District (Central Nepal)
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2022-07-19
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Amrit Campus
Abstract
Shaktikhor is one of the biodiversity pocket areas of Chitwan district. The present
study was carried out with an aim to enumerate the flowering plant species within the
elevation range of 210-1250 m, of Chitwan District (Central Nepal). Five field visits
were made covering all seasons from June 2017 to June 2019. Altogether 145 species
(excluding 1 unidentified species) of flowering plants were recorded belonging to 111
genera and 41 families. The study area was found to be dominated by Fabaceae (17
spp.), Poaceae with 14 species (13 genera), followed by Asteraceae (10 spp.),
Cyperaeae (9 spp) and Acanthaceae (11 spp. each), etc. One endemic species
Oroxylum indicum was recorded from this area.