{"id":126584,"date":"2026-09-28T13:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=126584"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:17:48","slug":"begonia-rajvikramanii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/begonia-rajvikramanii\/","title":{"rendered":"Begonia rajvikramanii"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Begonia rajvikramanii Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers recently identified a new species of the genus Begonia from the Western Ghats region in Keralam\u2019s Kollam district and named it Begonia rajvikramanii.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Begonia rajvikramanii<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of<\/span><b> perennial flowering plant.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the <\/span><b>genus Begonia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the family Begoniaceae.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The genus <\/span><b>Begonia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of the <\/span><b>largest flowering plant genera,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with 2,200 accepted species, mainly distributed across the <\/span><b>tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and America.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Begonia rajvikramanii was discovered from the <\/span><b>Western Ghats <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">region in <\/span><b>Keralam\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kollam district.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It grows in <\/span><b>wet habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, particularly on <\/span><b>rocky cliffs and road-cut walls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at elevations of approximately 200 metres-350 metres\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flowering and fruiting of Begonia rajvikramanii occurs between August and April.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The observed population of this species comprises approximately 200 mature individuals, occupying an area of less than 5 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been assessed as <\/span><b>\u2018Data Deficient\u2019 (DD),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pending comprehensive assessment in the future. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/keralam-researchers-discover-a-new-species-of-genus-begonia-in-western-ghats\/article71513107.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Begonia rajvikramanii is a new species of perennial flowering plant. 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