{"id":126851,"date":"2026-09-30T12:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=126851"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:58:12","slug":"didymocarpus-nautiyalii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/didymocarpus-nautiyalii\/","title":{"rendered":"Didymocarpus nautiyalii"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Didymocarpus nautiyalii Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Botanists recently discovered a new plant species in Arunachal Pradesh\u2019s Shi-Yomi district, highlighting the rich botanical diversity of the Eastern Himalaya. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Didymocarpus nautiyalii<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new plant species.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in<\/span><b> Arunachal Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Shi-Yomi district.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the <\/span><b>Gesneriaceae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a<\/span><b> family of flowering plants.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>small herb <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grows on <\/span><b>moist rock surface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, including roadside walls and areas near waterfalls, in <\/span><b>subtropical <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tropical-evergreen-forests\/\" target=\"_blank\">evergreen forests<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at elevations above 1,000 metres.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It grows to only around 8 cm and has <\/span><b>leathery leaves<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and distinctive <\/span><b>bluish-purple flowers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant resembles Didymocarpus albiflorus but differs in several characteristics, including its much <\/span><b>shorter stem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, very<\/span><b> short or absent leaf stalks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, leathery leaf blades, smaller calyx, shorter bluish-purple corolla, and a hairless ovary.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The researchers have currently assessed D. nautiyalii as \u2018<\/span><b>Data Deficient\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the IUCN Red List criteria.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/botanists-discover-plant-species-in-arunachals-shi-yomi\/3057193\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TP<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Didymocarpus nautiyalii is a new plant species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh\u2019s Shi-Yomi district. 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