Tag: Botanical Survey of India

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State’s flora diversity enriched with rare endemic plant found in Shillong

Originally described in 1959 from Kalimpong, the species had virtually disappeared from scientific records for decades before being rediscovered in Sikkim in 2021. ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong,...

Meghalaya plant rediscovered after 133 years

Guwahati, Dec 15: In a remarkable botanical breakthrough, scientists have rediscovered Hypericum lobbii, a rare flowering plant endemic to Meghalaya, more than 133 years...

Fewer than ten left: Rediscovery of endangered plant in Meghalaya spars urgent conservation efforts

ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong, Nov 18: In an extraordinary yet alarming rediscovery, botanists have found fewer than ten individuals of Hedychium aureum, an endangered plant species,...

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