NEW ALPINE PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

NEW ALPINE PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Context

Cremanthodium indicum, a new species of alpine plant belonging to the family of Himalayan sunflower has been found in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh.

Details

• This plant is endemic to the Penga-Teng Tso Lake of Tawang district.
• This species of plant usually flowers from July to August.
• This plant species has been listed as critically endangered in the IUCN list.

About International Union for Conservation of Nature

• IUCN is a membership union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations.
• It was created in 1948, it is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
• It is headquartered in Switzerland.
• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species.