Appendix 2: Distribution ranges of plant species found along the altitudinal gradient of Jomokungkhar trail in Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary. Family Species PaK AfG InD NeP Chi MyM MoG RuS SrL Tha Vie Mal Monilophytes Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum polyanthos Bosch X X X X X X X X X X X X Davalliaceae Araiostegia faberiana (C. Chr.) Ching X X Polypodaceae Lepisorus contortus (H. Christ) Ching. X X X Phymatopteris ebenipes (Hook.) Pic. Serm. X X Eudicots Asteraceae Anaphalis adnata DC. X X X X Anaphalis nepalensis var. monocephala (DC.) X X Hand.-Mazz. Cremanthodium reniforme (DC.) Benth. X X X Asteraceae Saussurea gossypiphora D.Don. X X X X Senecio raphanifolius Wall. ex DC X X X X Soroseris hookeriana Stebbins X X X Balsaminaceae Impatiens laxiflora Edgew. X X X Berberidaceae Berberis angulosa Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson X X X Berberis virescens Hook.f. X X Boraginaceae Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Lehm.) Brand X X X X Setulocarya diffusa (Brand) R.R. Mill & D.G. Long 164 Appendix 2: Distribution ranges of plant species found along the altitudinal gradient of Jomokungkhar trail in Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary. Family Species PaK AfG InD NeP Chi MyM MoG RuS SrL Tha Vie Mal Brassicaceae Cardamine griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson X X Cyananthus macrocalyx subsp. spathulifolius Campanulaceae X X X (Nannf.) K.K. Shrestha Caryophyllaceae Arenaria densissima Wall. X X X Silene nigrescens (Edgew.) Majumdar X X X X Celastraceae Parnassia chinensis Franch. X X X X Diapensiaceae Diapensia himalaica Hook.f. & Thomson X X X X Ericaceae Cassiope selaginoides Hook.f. & Thomson X X X X Gaultheria trichophylla Royle. X X X Gaultheria pyroloides Hook.f. & Thomson ex X X Miq. Rhododendron anthopogon var.haemonium (Balf. X f. & R.E Cooper) Cowan & Davidian Rhododendron argipeplum Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper X X Rhododendron campanulatum subsp. X X X aeruginosum (Hook. f.) D.F. Chamb. Rhododendron campylocarpum Hook.f. X X X X Rhododendron cinnabarinum Hook.f. X X X Rhododendron fulgens Hook.f. X X X Rhododendron hodgsonii Hook.f. X X Rhododendron lanatum Hook.f. X X Rhododendron nivale Hook.f. X X X Rhododendron thomsonii Hook.f. X X X X 165 Appendix 2: Distribution ranges of plant species found along the altitudinal gradient of Jomokungkhar trail in Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary. Family Species PaK AfG InD NeP Chi MyM MoG RuS SrL Tha Vie Mal Fabaceae Parochetus communis D.Don X X X X X X X X Gentianaceae Gentiana prostrate var. karelinii (Griseb.) Kusn. X X X X X Gentiana capitata Buch., Ham. ex D.Don X X X X Gentiana sikkimensis C.B Clarke X X X X Halenia elliptica D.Don X X X X Swertia assamensis Harry Sm. X Lamiaceae Clinopodium umbrosum (M.Bieb.) Kuntze X X X X X Phlomis tibetica C.Marquand & Airy Shaw X X Prunella vulgaris L. X X X X X X X Onagraceae Epilobium gouldii P.H.Raven X X Orobanchaceae Pedicularis siphonantha D.Don X X X Oxalidaceae Oxalis leucolepis Diels X X X Papavaraceae Corydalis crispa Prain X Meconopsis paniculata Prain X X X Plantaginaceae Hemiphragma heterophyllum Wall. X X X Polygonaceae Aconogonon campanulatum (Hook.f.) Hara X X X X Bistorta vacciniifolia Greene X X X Bistorta griffithii (Hook.f.) Grierson X X X Bistorta macrophylla (D.Don) Soják X X X Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) Miyabe X X X X X X Rheum acuminatum Hook.f. & Thomson X X X X Rumex nepalensis Spreng. X X X X X 166 Appendix 2: Distribution ranges of plant species found along the altitudinal gradient of Jomokungkhar trail in Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary. Family Species PaK AfG InD NeP Chi MyM MoG RuS SrL Tha Vie Mal Primulaceae Primula dickieana Watt X X X X Primula capitata Hook. X X Primula gambeliana Watt X X X Primula glabra Klatt X X X X Primula deuteronana Craib X Primula primulina Spreng. X X X Ranunculaceae Anemone rupestris Wall. X X X Caltha palustris L. X X Clematis montana Buch. X X X X X Delphinium viscosum Hook.f. & Thomson X X Oxygraphis endlicheri (Walp.) Bennet & Sum. X X X X Chandra Ranunculus brotherusii Freyn X Rosaceae Fragaria daltoniana J.Gay X X X X Fragaria nubicola (Hook. f.) Lindl. ex Lacaita X X X X X X Potentilla cuneata Wall. ex Lehm. X X X Potentilla fruticosa var. arbuscula (D. Don) X X X Maxim. Potentilla coriandrifolia D.Don X X X Potentilla saundersiana var. caespitosa (Lehm.) X X X Th. Wolf Potentilla microphylla D.Don X X X Potentilla monanthes var. sibthorpiodes Hook.f. X X X 167 Appendix 2: Distribution ranges of plant species found along the altitudinal gradient of Jomokungkhar trail in Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary. Family Species PaK AfG InD NeP Chi MyM MoG RuS SrL Tha Vie Mal Saxifragaceae Bergenia purpurascens (Hook.f. & Thomson) X X X X Engl. Saxifraga hispidula D.Don X X X X Scrophulariaceae Oreosolen wattii Hook. f. X X Tamaricaceae Myricaria rosea W.W.Sm. X X X Violaceae Viola biflora L. X X X Monocots Araceae Arisaema elephas Buchet X X Liliaceae Lloydia flavonutans Hara X X X Orchidaceae Chusua pauciflora (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt X X X Satyrium nepalense var. ciliatum (Lindl.) Hook.f. X X X Gymnosperms (Pinopsida) Cupressaceae Juniperus recurva Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don X X X X Juniperus squamata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don X X X X X Pinaceae Abies densa Griff. X X X Larix griffithii Hook.f. X X X Pak-Pakistan; AfG- Afghanistan; InD- India; NeP- Nepal; Chi- China; MyM- Myanmar; MoG- Mongolia; RuS-Russia; SrL- Sri Lanka; Tha- Thailand; Vie- Vietnam; Mal- Malaysia 168.