Dr Bhaskar Adhikari, Temperate Asia Taxonomist

I have been working on the Flora of Nepal for more than 10 years. My expertise is in plant taxonomy and systematics. I am interested in using our scientific knowledge of plants to work with local communities to improve livelihoods, conserve biodiversity, and sustainably utilise natural resources.

I am currently managing a project funded by the Darwin Initiative UK entitled Science-based interventions reversing negative impacts of invasive plants in Nepal. Invasive plants are one of the most serious threats to the biodiversity of Nepal. We are working with local communities to help them identify and manage invasive plants in their community forests.

I have worked on floristic accounts of families Acanthaceae, Berberidaceae, and Parnassiaceae for the Flora of Nepal, and am now working on the Gesneriaceae account. I have been on more than 10 plant collecting expeditions in Nepal from the lowlands of the Tarai to high alpine regions.

Publications

Baral, H. & Adhikari, B. (2017). Mikania micrantha, Its status and impact on people and wildlife in Nepal. Chapter 5, Pages 59-72. In: Ellison, C.A., Murphy, S.T., Sankaran, K.V. (eds). Invasive Alien Plants, Impacts on Development and Options for Management. CABI Invasive Series 8. Wallingford: CABI.

Adhikari, B, C. A. Pendry, I. E. Måren, K. R. Bhattarai & R. P. Chaudhary (2017). Distribution and preliminary conservation assessments of commonly used forest species in the Nepalese Himalayas. Banko Janakari (27)1: 43-54.

Adhikari, B., Milne, R., Pennington, R.T., Särkinen, T. & Pendry, C.A. (2015). Systematics and biogeography of Berberis s.l. inferred from nuclear ITS and chloroplast ndhF gene sequences. Taxon 64 (1): 39–48.

Adhikari, B., Möller, M., & Pendry, C.A (2014). New chromosome counts of Berberis L. suggest that polyploidy does not play a significant role in the diversification of the genus in the Nepal Himalaya. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 71 (3): 297-308

Wood, J. R. I. & Adhikari, B. (2014). 787. STROBILANTHES NUTANS. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 31: 168–179.

Adhikari, B., Pendry, C.A., Watson, M.F. & Wood, J.R.I. (2013). An account of Thunbergia (Acanthaceae) in Nepal, with a description of the new species T. nepalensis. Kew Bulletin 68 (4): 651-661.

Adhikari, B., Pendry, C. A., Pennington, R.T. & Milne, R.I. (2012). A Revision of Berberis s.s. (Berberidaceae) in Nepal. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 69(3): 447-522.

Adhikari, B. & Akiyama, S. Parnassiaceae (2011). In Watson, M. et al. (eds). Flora of Nepal Vol.3. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. pp. 267-271

Akiyama, S. & Adhikari, B., & Pendry, C. Chrysosplenium (2011). In Watson, M. et al. (eds). Flora of Nepal Vol. 3. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.pp. 215-219

Pendry, C.A., Noshiro, S., Baral, S.R., Rajbhandary, S., Kurmi, P.P., Dell, B. Adhikari, B. (2009). Plant collecting in western Nepal : the Jumla-Rara-Simikot Expedition. Newsletter of Himalayan Botany 42: 1-15.

Tiwari, S., Adhikari, B., Siwakoti, M., & Subedi, K. (2005). An Inventory and Assessment of Invasive Alien Species of Nepal. IUCN Nepal, Kathmandu.

Adhikari, B. (2005). Taxonomic study of Genus Bauhinia L. (Leguminosae) of Nepal. Nepal Journal of Plant Sciences 1: 1-9.

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