Saussurea ramchaudharyi
Ram Prasad Chaudhary, Professor Emeritus at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal has been honoured by having a new species named after him.
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厂补耻蝉蝉耻谤别补听is a complex but wonderful group of plants with over 450 species that mainly grow in the high mountains of central and eastern Asia, but with a few species in Europe (including Norway -聽Saussurea alpina) and North America.聽Saussurea gnaphalodes聽holds the world record for occurring at the highest elevation - 6400 m - of any vascular plant.聽
Ram was a frequent visitor to the EECRG over the last 25 years and with Ole Reidar Vetaas established a strong Norway-Nepal link. Several Nepalese students have worked in Bergen and defended their MSc or PhD theses. Inger M氓ren 补苍诲听John-Arvid Grytnes聽have also worked closely with Ram and his students, as have Hilary听补苍诲 John Birks, both of whom are Saussurea enthusiasts.
Saussurea ramchaudharyi聽is a fitting honour for Ram who has done so much for Nepalese nature conservation and botanical research and education, and for international netowrking. It is described by Rana et al. in the journal聽Phytotaxa.
