Integrating ethnobiological knowledge into biodiversity conservation in the Eastern Himalayas

Rhododendron

Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek rhódon "rose" and déndron "tree") is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or…

Mahonia napaulensis

Mahonia napaulensis is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae described as a species in 1821.

Allium sikkimense

Allium sikkimense is a plant species native to Sikkim, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India and parts of China (Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan).

Aconitum ferox

Aconitum ferox (syn. A. virorum) is a member of the monkshood genus Aconitum of the Ranunculaceae.

Khangchendzonga National Park

Khangchendzonga National Park also Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve is a National Park and a Biosphere reserve located in Sikkim, India.

Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary

Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in East Sikkim, India. It is situated around the area adjoining the Tsomgo (Changu) lake along the Nathula Road.

Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary

Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary is a nature park in the Indian state of Sikkim. It has forty species of rhododendron trees.

Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a country in South Asia.

Limbu people

The Limbu (exonym) or Yakthung (endonym) tribes and clans are a Kirati people of Tibetan origin indigenous to the hill and mountainous regions of East Nepal between the…

Ethnobiology

Ethnobiology is the scientific study of the way living things are treated or used by different human cultures.

Eastern Himalaya

The Eastern Himalayas are situated between the Kali Gandaki River in Central Nepal in the west and Myanmar in the east, occupying southeast Tibet in China, Sikkim, North…

West Sikkim district

The people are mainly of Limbu descent. Other ethnic groups include the Lepcha and Limbu, Bhutia communities.

Biocultural diversity

Biocultural diversity is defined by Luisa Maffi as "the diversity of life in all its manifestations: biological, cultural, and linguistic — which are interrelated (and…

Sikkim

Sikkim is a state in northeast India. It borders Tibet in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south.

Rumex

The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex L., are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae.

Nardostachys jatamansi

Nardostachys jatamansi is a flowering plant of the Valerian family that grows in the Himalayas.

Acorus calamus

Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag or calamus, among many common names) is a tall perennial wetland monocot of the Acoraceae family, in the genus Acorus.

Oroxylum indicum

Oroxylum indicum is a monotypic species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Oroxylum and the family Bignoniaceae, commonly called midnight horror, oroxylum, or…

Bergenia ciliata

It is found in Afghanistan, South Tibet, Bhutan (Phuntsoling district, Deothang district, Ha district and Mongar district.

Lepcha people

The Lepcha are also called the Rongkip meaning the chidren of God and the Rong, Mútuncí Róngkup Rumkup (Lepcha: ᰕᰫ་ᰊᰪᰰ་ᰆᰧᰶ ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰀᰪᰱ ᰛᰪᰮ་ᰀᰪᰱ; "beloved children of the Róng…

Swertia

Swertia is a genus in the gentian family containing plants sometimes referred to as the felworts.

Bhutia

The Bhutia བོད་རིགས (in Sikkim: Denzongpa / Drejongpa ; ; "inhabitants of Denzong;" in Bhutan: Dukpa) are a community of people of Tibetan ancestry, who speak Lhopo or…