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Plant Discoveries 2020

  • September 21, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Plant Discoveries 2020

Subject – Environment

Context – Botanical Survey of India says 202 species were discovered across the country in 2020

Concept –

  • The Botanical Survey of India, in its new publication Plant Discoveries 2020 has added 267 new taxa/ species to the country’s flora.
  • The 267 new discoveries include 119 angiosperms; 3 pteridophytes; 5 bryophytes, 44 lichens; 57 fungi, 21 algae and 18 microbes.
  • Among the new discoveries this year, nine new species of balsam (Impatiens) and one species of wild banana (Musa pradhanii) were discovered from Darjeeling and one species each of wild jamun (Syzygiumanamalaianum) from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and fern (Selaginellaodishana) were recorded from Kandhamal in Odisha.
  • 22% of the discoveries were made from the Western Ghats followed by the Western Himalayas (15%), the Eastern Himalayas (14%) and the Northeast ranges (12%). The west coast contributed 10% while the east coast contributed (9%) in total discoveries; the Eastern Ghats and south Deccan contribute 4% each while the central highland and north Deccan added 3% each.
Environment Plant Discoveries 2020

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