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Contents 1. Kalpana Godar and Shiva Kumar Rai Freshwater Green Algae from Raja-Rani Wetland, Bhogateni-Letang, Morang, Nepal 1 2. M. K. Adhikari New Records of Two Powdery Mildews (Erysiphales: Fungi) from Nepal 18 3. Nirmala Pradhan Records of Bryophytes from Godawari-Phulchoki Mountain Forest of Lalitpur District, Central Nepal 22 4. Chandrakala Thakur and Sangeeta Rajbhandary Fern and Fern Allies of Panchase Protected Forest, Central Nepal 39 5. Krishna Ram Bhattarai Plants of Mai Pokhari Botanical Garden and Adjoining Areas, East Nepal 46 6. Usha Tandukar, Pramesh Bahadur Lakhey, Nishanta Shrestha, Amit Dhungana and Tara Datt Bhatt Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition of Essential Oil of Fruits of Amomum subulatum Roxb. 57 7. Madan Raj Bhatta, Rajeswar Ranjitkar, Bhabani Prasad Adhikari, Parasmani Yadav and Laxman Bhandari Isolation of Curcumin and GC-MS Analysis of Oil in Curcuma longa L. 64 8. Parasmani Yadav, Bhabani Prasad Adhikari, Sarita Yadav, Sunita Khadaka, Devi Prasad Bhandari, Chetana Khanal Microscopic, UV- Fluorescence and FT-IR Analysis of the Powder of Five Medicinal Plants of Nepal 70 9. Laxman Bhandari, Madan Raj Bhatta and Rajeswar Ranjitkar Phytochemicals, Polyphenols and Antioxidant Activity of Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (Tea Leaf) from Ilam District, Nepal 78 10. Devi Prasad Bhandari, Rajeswar Ranjitkar and Laxman Bhandari Quantitative Determination of Antioxidant Potential of Five Selected Essential Oils of Nepalese Origin 84 11. Parasmani Yadav, Jyoti Joshi, Devi Prasad Bhandari and Sangita Swar Phytochemical and Physiochemical Properties of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. (Soapnut) of Far Western of Nepal 90 12. Tara Datt Bhatt, Parasmani Yadav, Amit Dhungana, Jyoti Joshi and Chintamani Basyal Study of the Variation of Major Chemical Constituents of Essential Oil Extracted from Rhizome and Leaf of Acorus calamus L. (Bojho) from Nepal 96 13. Tara Datt Bhatt, Amit Dhungana, Jyoti Joshi, Parasmani Yadav and Chintamani Basyal, Variation in Chemical Composition of Essential Oil Extracted from the Fruits of Zanthoxylum armatum DC. (Timur) of Nepal 100 14. Pramesh Bahadur Lakhey, Usha Tandukar, Nishanta Shrestha and Rashmi Pradhan Some Nepalese Medicinal Plants Showing Potential Antimicrobial Activity Against Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi 106 15. Nabin Rana, Saraswoti Khadka and Sabari Rajbahak In-Vitro Propagation of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) 112 Volume 16 Number 1 16. Sajita Dhakal, Bharat Babu Shrestha and Mohan Siwakoti Comparisons of Invasive Alien Plant Species Richness between Tarai and Siwalik Regions of Central Nepal 119 17. Kamal Bahadur Nepali, Dipak Lamichhane and Srijana Shah Diversity of Butterfly and its Relationship with Plants in National Botanical Garden, Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal 124 18. Mohan Prasad Devkota Government of Nepal Crateva religiosa G.Forst.: A Mythological Sacred Tree from Nepal and its Medicinal Values 130 Ministry of Forest and Environment 19. Srijana Shah, Dipak Lamichhane, Ram Panthi and Kamal Bahadur Nepali Traditional Knowledge of Tamang Community on Utilization of Plant Resources in Dhading District, Central Nepal 134 Department of Plant Resources 20. Munesh Ratna Gubhaju and Anjana Bhattarai Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal Utilization Pattern of Bamboo in Madanpokhara, Tansen-8, Palpa 141 2018 21. Pratiksha Shrestha Documentation of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Magar Community of Palpa District, Western Nepal 150 ISSN 1995 - 8579 Journal of Plant Resources, Vol. 16, No. 1 JOURNAL OF PLANT RESOURCES Government of Nepal Ministry of Forest and Environment Department of Plant Resources Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018 Advisory Board Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Rai Ms. Jyoti Joshi Bhatt Managing Editor Mr. Sishir Panthi Editorial Board Prof. Dr. Dharma Raj Dangol Mr. Deepak Lamichhane Ms. Usha Tandukar Mr. Tara Datt Bhatt Ms. Pratiksha Shrestha No. of Copies: 500 Date of Publication: 2018 April Cover Photo: From top left in clock wise direction. Antimicrobial Activity of Amomum subulatum Roxb. oil against Enterococcus faecalis (Usha Tandukar) Pota nodosus (Sanjeev Kumar Rai) Rhododendron arboreum (Sanjeev Kumar Rai) Taxus wallichiana (Sanjeev Kumar Rai) Bryoerythrophyllum gymnostopum (Nirmala Pradhan) HPLC Instrument (Tara Datt Bhatt) © All rights reserved Department of Plant Resources (DPR) Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 977-1-4251160, 4251161, 4268246, E-mail: [email protected] Citation: Name of the author, year of publication. Title of the paper, J. Pl. Res. vol. 16, Issue 1 pages, Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. ISSN: 1995-8579 Published By: Publicity and Documentation Section Department of Plant Resources (DPR), Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. Reviewers: Prof. Dr. Anjana Singh Dr. Bhaskar Adhikari Dr. Netra Lal Bhandari Prof. Dr. Bijaya Pant Prof. Dr. Bhaiya Khanal Dr. Bishnu Pandey Ms. Jyoti Joshi Bhatt Prof. Dr. Sangeeta Rajbhandari Prof. Dr. Ila Shrestha Dr. Keshab Raj Rajbhandari Dr. Kanti Shrestha Dr. Shiva Devkota Dr. Nirmala Joshi Prof. Dr. Amar Prasad Yadhav Dr. Susan Joshi Ms. Rose Shrestha Dr. E.N. Paudel Dr. Shandesh Bhattarai Prof. Dr. Rajani Malla Dr. Sitaram Adhikary Mr. Dhan Raj Kandel The issue can be retrieved from http://www.dpr.gov.np Editorial It is our Pleasure to bring out the current issue of Journal of Plant Resources, Volume 16, Number 1, a continuation of research publication by Department of Plant Resources. In this issue, 21 peer reviewed articles based on original research have been incorporated. The articles have been categorized as taxonomy, phytochemisty, microbiology , biotechnology, ecology, ethnobotany. Two book reviews are also included. This issue intends to cover the research activities of the department as well as other research organization. We encourage the young researcher to pursue quality research and contribute to build scientific knowledge on Plant Resources. The link between the result of scientific research and societies is dissemination of knowledge and information through publication. We believe that the research finding will be helpful to the scientific community as well as general public to enrich their knowledge and information on Plant Resources. We would like to thank our valuable reviewers whose critical comments help to improve the quality of the journal. We acknowledge the contribution of the contributors for their interest in publishing their valued work in this publication and looking forward to further cooperation and collaboration with scientific institution. 2018J. Pl. Res. Vol. 16, No. 1, pp 1-17, 2018 Journal of Plant Resources Vol.16, No. 1 Freshwater Green Algae from Raja-Rani Wetland, Bhogateni-Letang, Morang, Nepal Kalpana Godar* and Shiva Kumar Rai Phycology Research Lab, Department of Botany, Post Graduate Campus, Tribhuvan University, Biratnagar, Nepal *E-mail: [email protected] Abstract A total 72 freshwater chlorophycean algae belonging to 33 genera, 12 families and 7 orders have been reported from Raja-Rani wetland. Desmids were found dominant by 64%. Genus Cosmarium had maximum number of species (24%), followed by Staurastrum (10%), Euastrum, Scenedesmus and Micrasterias (each 6%). Key words: Bambusina brebissonii, Chlorophyceae, Cosmarium, Rare species, Seasons Introduction most studied algae contributed by Bando et al., 1989; Habib & Chaturvedi 1997; Rai, 2014. The Green algae (Chlorophyceae) are aquatic, chlorococcales from various localities of Nepal have photosynthetic organism which lack true roots, been studied by Nakano & Watanabe (1988) and Rai stems, leaves, vascular tissue and have simple & Misra (2012). Algal flora of Raja-Rani wetland reproductive structure. It is the largest and most has not been studied hitherto. Hence, an endeavour diverse group of algae representing by more than is made to explore the green algae of this wetland as 8,000 species in the world (Guiry, 2012). They are a preliminary work. cosmopolitan in distribution and able to grow in wide range of habitats. They are common in moist tropical regions. Their size ranges from microscopic unicell Materials and Methods to large pseudo-parenchymatous structure exceeding Study area 50 m in length. Raja-Rani wetland (Dhimal Pokhari) (26°44.9’22'’N, Algae are being the topic of global interest 87°28.9’10'’E, altitude 470 m msl) is situated in nowadays. As world is facing a problem of energy Churia hill (Dhimal Danda), west from Chisang river crisis, scientists are working for the production of at Letang-Bhogateni municipality 4, Morang district, biofuels from algae as an alternative source of Nepal (figure 1). The wetland lies within the Raja- energy. Algae are widely using in the field of Rani community forest (1700 ha.) and covers about agriculture, medical science, industries and as 133 ha. The wetland has 3 ponds viz., Raja, Rani laboratory tools in genomics, proteomics and other and Rajkumari which altogether covers only about researches (Graham et al., 2016). Algae are also 20 ha. Based on the area covered, Rani Pond is large, using as biomonitors, both to assess the pollution of situated in the east and Raja Pond is quite small, river streams and to decide the environmental situated in the west side; both approximately 7 m conditions of the past. On the other hands, some depth in rainy season. South to the Rani Pond, there produce nuisance blooms causing a great threat to are two small Rajkumari ponds with 2 m depth in the aquatic ecosystem of the world. rainy season. Literature revealed that the freshwater green algae This wetland is important
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