Lichens Flora of Nepal at National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories (KATH)

This occurrence database contains records of the lichens based on the herbarium specimens deposited at the National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories (KATH), Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal. Established in 1961, it is the largest and Government's owned Herbarium with about 165,000 specimens. The cryptogams section in this KATH focuses on the collection, identification and documentation of lower group of plants: Algae, Fungi and Lichens collected from different parts of Nepal. This database is a part of a project funded by the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia (BIFA; project no. BIFA5_023 to Shiva Devkota) program of Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) supported by the Ministry of Environment, Government of Japan and co-funding came from the Himalayan Climate & Science Institute (HCSI), ForestAction Nepal and Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS).

本发生数据库收录了基于位于尼泊尔加德满都拉利特普尔的National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories (KATH)的标本馆藏的苔藓记录。成立于1961年，该馆是尼泊尔最大且由政府所有的标本馆，馆藏约165,000份标本。KATH的隐花植物部分专注于收集、鉴定和记录尼泊尔不同地区的藻类、真菌和苔藓等低等植物群。此数据库是全球生物多样性信息设施（GBIF）资助的“生物多样性信息基金亚洲”（BIFA；项目编号BIFA5_023，由Shiva Devkota主持）项目的一部分，该项目得到日本环境省的资助，并由喜马拉雅气候与科学研究院（HCSI）、森林行动尼泊尔和全球跨学科研究学院（GIIS）共同资助。