{"id":114717,"date":"2026-07-23T13:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=114717"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:27:27","slug":"hedychium-zubeengargianum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hedychium-zubeengargianum\/","title":{"rendered":"Hedychium zubeengargianum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hedychium zubeengargianum Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new species of ginger lily named Hedychium zubeengargianum was recently discovered in Shillong. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hedychium zubeengargianum<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>ginger lily.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was identified by botanists at the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/botanical-survey-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Botanical Survey of India (BSI)<\/a>, Eastern Regional Centre,<\/b> <b>Shillong, Meghalaya, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after years of studying an <\/span><b>unusual plant growing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>institute\u2019s botanical garden.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although it had been growing there since at least 2018, its<\/span><b> original source could not be traced<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because no collection records were available.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species was named after <\/span><b>Meghalaya-born Assamese music legend Zubeen Garg.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Popularly<\/span><b> known as ginger lilies, Hedychium species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are among the<\/span><b> Northeast\u2019s most striking flowering plants.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is home to about 41 taxa, most of them occurring in the biodiversity-rich landscapes of the Northeast and the Western Ghats.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hedychium zubeengargianum stands apart from its closest relative, Hedychium gracile, by its <\/span><b>creamy-white fragrant flowers, yellow anthers, densely hairy flowering stalk,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and an <\/span><b>earlier flowering season from April to May.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hubnetwork.in\/new-ginger-lily-discovered-in-shillong-named-after-meghalaya-born-music-icon-zubeen-garg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>HUB<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hedychium zubeengargianum is a new species of ginger lily. 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