Publications
2025
25. Rana, S.K., et al., Transcriptomic analysis to infer the molecular differentiation mechanism and adaptive colour polymorphism of the cryptic species of Stellera chamaejasme. (In preparation)
24. Rana SK, Long T, Lucardi R, Marsico TD. 2025. Industrial floristic inventories valuable for resolving taxonomic ambiguity? A test case in the genus Glandularia: Verbenaceae. (Under Review)
​23. ​Rana, H.K., Rana, S.K., Sun, H., Luo, D., 2025. Genomic signatures of habitat isolation and paleo-climate unveil the “island-like” pattern in the glasshouse plant Rheum nobile. Glob. Ecol. Conserv. 58, e03471.
​22. Rana, S.K., Lindstrom, J., Lehrer, M., Ahlering, M., Hamilton, J., 2025. Forecasting hotspots of grassland suitability under climate change for restoration. Biol. Cons. 302, 110988.
2024
​21. Rana SK, Marsico TD. 2024. Saccharum spontaneum L. In: CABI Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabicompendium.4816
2023
19. Rana, H.K., Rana, S.K., Luo, D., Sun, H., 2023. Existence of biogeographic barriers for the long-term Neogene-Quaternary divergence and differentiation of Koenigia forrestii in the Himalaya-Hengduan mountains. Bot. J. Linnean Soc. 201, 230–253. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac045.
2022
18. Rana, S.K., Rana, H.K., Stöcklin, J., Ranjitkar, S., Sun, H., Song, B., 2022. Global warming pushes the distribution range of the two alpine ‘glasshouse’ Rheum-species north- and upwards in the Eastern Himalaya (EH) and the Hengduan Mountains (HM). Frontiers in Plant Science 13, 925296. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.925296
2021
17. Rana, H.K., Rana, S.K., Sun, H., Fujikawa, K., Luo, D., Joshi, L.R., Ghimire, S.K. 2021. Saussurea talungensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Humla, Nepal Himalayas. Phytokeys 176(1), 55–66. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.176.61996
16. Rana, S.K., Rana, H.K., Luo, D., Sun, H., 2021. Estimating climate-induced ‘Nowhere to go’ range shifts of the Himalayan Incarvillea Juss. using multi-model median ensemble species distribution models. Ecol. Indic. 121, 107127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107127
15. Rana, S.K., Luo, D., Rana, H.K., Chen, S.T., Sun, H., 2021. Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution of the montane genus Incarvillea Juss. (Bignoniaceae). Plant Divers. 43(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2020.09.002
14. Poudeyal, M.R., Pyakurel, D., Rana, S.K., Meilby, H., Paneru, Y.R., Ghimire, S.K. 2021. Does resource availability coincide with exploitation pattern? Inference through distribution and trade scenario of Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora in the Nepal Himalaya. J. Appl. Res. Med. Aromat. Plants 22, 100292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmap.2021.100292
2020
13. Rana, S.K., Rana, H.K., Ranjitkar, S., Ghimire, S.K., Gurmachhan, C.M., O’Neill, A.R., Sun, H., 2020. Climate-change threats to distribution, habitats, sustainability and conservation of highly traded medicinal and aromatic plants in Nepal. Ecol. Indic., 115, 106435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106435
12. O’Neill, A.R., Chhetri, P.K., Bijoy Chhetri, B., Rana, S.K.*, 2020. Establishing ecological baselines around a temperate Himalayan peatland. Wetl. Ecol. Manag. 28, 375–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-020-09710-7
11. Rana, H.K., Luo, D., Rana, S.K., Sun, H., 2020. Geological and climatic factors affect the population genetic connectivity in Mirabilis himalaica (Nyctaginaceae): insight from phylogeography and dispersal corridors in the Himalaya-Hengduan Biodiversity hotspot. Front. Plant Sci. 10, 1721. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01721
2019
10. Tiwari, A., Uprety, Y., Rana, S.K., 2019. Plant endemism in the Nepal Himalayas and phytogeographical implications. Plant Divers. 41(3), 174–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2019.04.004
2018
9. Luo, D., Xu, B., Rana, S.K., Li, Z.M., Sun, H., 2018. Phylogeography of rare fern Polystichum glaciale endemic to the subnival zone of the Sino-Himalaya. Plant Syst. Evol. 304, 485–499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-018-1495-2
8. Rana, S.K., Rana, H.K., Shrestha, K.K., Sujakhu, S., Ranjitkar, S., 2018. Determining bioclimatic space of Himalayan alder for agroforestry system in Nepal. Plant Divers. 40, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2017.11.002
2017
7. Rana, S.K., Rana, H.K., Ghimire, S.K., Shrestha, K.K., Ranjitkar, S., 2017. Predicting the impact of climate change on the distribution of two threatened Himalayan medicinal plants of Liliaceae in Nepal. J. Mt. Sci. 14(3), 558–570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-015-3822-1
6. O’Neill, A.R., Badola, H.K., Dhyani, P.P., Rana, S.K., 2017. Integrating ethnobiological knowledge into biodiversity conservation in the Eastern Himalayas. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 13, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0148-9
5. Rana, H.K., Rana, S.K.*, Ghimire, S.K. 2017. Distribution pattern and species richness of Liliaceae in the Nepal Himalaya. Our Nat. 14(1), 22–29. https://doi.org/10.3126/on.v14i1.16437
2016
4. O’Neill, A.R., Rana, S.K.*, 2016. An Ethnobotanical Analysis of Parasitic Plants (Parijibi) in Nepal Himalaya. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 12, 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-016-0086-y
3. Ghimire, S.K., Awasthi, B., Rana, S.K., Rana, H.K., Bhattarai, R., Pyakurel, D., 2016. Export of medicinal and aromatic plant materials from Nepal. Botanica Orientalis – J. Plant Sci. 10: 24–32. https://doi.org/10.3126/botor.v10i0.21020