{"id":131833,"date":"2026-11-03T13:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131833"},"modified":"2026-11-03T13:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:03:53","slug":"bupleurum-oslaense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bupleurum-oslaense\/","title":{"rendered":"Bupleurum oslaense: New Himalayan Plant Species Discovered in Uttarakhand, Critically Endangered"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bupleurum Oslaense Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, botanists from the Botanical Survey of India have discovered and described a brand-new plant species, named Bupleurum oslaense.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bupleurum Oslaense<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new plant species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discovered in the <\/span><b>temperate forests of the Western Himalayas.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new member of the <\/span><b>family Apiaceae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares genetic and structural similarities with <\/span><b>Bupleurum petiolulatum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a relative native to China).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was found at an elevation of roughly 2,550 meters within the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/govind-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">Govind Pashu Vihar National Park<\/a> and Sanctuary in Uttarakhand, India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is standing up to 80 centimetres tall with a sturdy, stout habit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features <\/span><b>narrower lower leaves, broader upper leaves<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with distinct red-tinged margins, larger bracts numbering between three and five, and flower clusters (umbellules) packing 10 to 20 flowers each.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consequently, following strict <\/span><b>International Union for Conservation of Nature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IUCN) guidelines, this species has been formally assessed and categorised <\/span><b>as &#8220;Critically Endangered.&#8221;<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/researchmatters.in\/news\/botanists-discover-critically-endangered-plant-species-in-uttarakhand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India have discovered Bupleurum oslaense, a new plant species in Uttarakhand&#8217;s Govind Pashu Vihar National Park. Found at an altitude of 2,550 metres, the species has been assessed as Critically Endangered, highlighting the Western Himalayas&#8217; biodiversity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":131790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11317],"class_list":["post-131833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-bupleurum-oslaense","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131833"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131851,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131833\/revisions\/131851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}