New Plant Species Discovered

  • Recently, Indian botanists discovered two new plant species from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Arunachal Pradesh.
  • The first species is Dendrophthoe longensis, an aerial stem-parasitic flowering plant found on Mango (Mangifera indica), discovered in the Long Islands of middle Andamans.
  • It belongs to the mistletoe family (Loranthaceae) and is sparsely scattered in specific areas like Sigmendera and Lalaji Bay.
  • The species is considered "Endangered" according to IUCN criteria.
  • Petrocosmea arunachalense, a new herbaceous plant species, was discovered in the Mandla region of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, inside a cave.
  • This species, belonging to the Gesneriaceae family, is small, white with purple blotches, and ....
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