Check List 20(3): 819-827, doi: 10.15560/20.3.819

Lindernia rotundifolia (Linderniaceae), Picria fel-terrae (Linderniaceae), and Limnophila aromatica (Plantaginaceae): three new records for the flora of Nepal

Yogendra Bikram Poudel^‡, Kiran Panthi^‡, Bhaskar Adhikari^§, Sangeeta Rajbhandary^‡

‡ Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal§ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: Yogendra Bikram Poudel ( yogndraw@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Anzar Khuroo

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Citation: Poudel YB, Panthi K, Adhikari B, Rajbhandary S (2024) Lindernia rotundifolia (Linderniaceae), Picria fel-terrae (Linderniaceae), and Limnophila aromatica (Plantaginaceae): three new records for the flora of Nepal. Check List 20(3): 819-827. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.3.819

Abstract

Lindernia rotundifolia (L.) Alston (Linderniaceae), Picria fel-terrae Lour. (Linderniaceae), and Limnophila aromatica (Lam.) Merr. (Plantaginaceae) are newly reported from Jalthal forest, eastern Nepal. Picria Lour. is a new generic record for Nepal. Descriptions of all the species based on Nepalese specimens are provided, along with notes on diagnostic features, color photographs of the species, distribution maps, and notes on habitats.

Keywords

Floristic survey, Jalthal forest, Jhapa district, lowland Nepal, remnant forest, taxonomy