{"id":48737,"date":"2025-05-29T13:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=48737"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:20:08","slug":"pedicularis-rajeshiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pedicularis-rajeshiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedicularis rajeshiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pedicularis rajeshiana Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, researchers have discovered a new plant species, Pedipularis rajeshiana, in the high-altitude regions of Rohtang Pass in the western Himalayas region.<\/p>\n<h2>About Pedicularis rajeshiana<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It belongs to a group of plants\u00a0<strong>known as &#8220;Louseworts&#8221;, which are hemiparasitic<\/strong>, meaning they derive\u00a0<strong>some nutrients from other plants<\/strong>\u00a0while still\u00a0<strong>performing photosynthesis.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The plant was found at an altitude of\u00a0<strong>4,390 metres<\/strong>\u00a0(about 14,400 feet) in the\u00a0<strong>Rohtang Pass<\/strong>, a rugged and ecologically rich area in\u00a0<strong>Himachal Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Pedicularis rajeshiana was spotted growing in small, scattered patches in shaded rocky slopes.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This discovery was made during a plant survey under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&amp;CC) and the Botanical Survey of India, as part of the\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Flora of India&#8221; project.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Features of Pedicularis rajeshiana<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>India is home to\u00a0<strong>83 known species of Pedicularis,<\/strong>\u00a0with 36 species found in the western Himalayas alone.<\/li>\n<li>Due to their\u00a0<strong>parasitic nature<\/strong>\u00a0and specific habitat requirements, many of these plants are endemic \u2014 found only in certain regions.<\/li>\n<li>The identification of Pedicularis rajeshiana adds to this rich biodiversity and highlights the ecological significance of high-altitude Himalayan ecosystems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pedicularis rajeshiana FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0What is Pedicularis used for?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Pedicularis appears as flowering flames of red in early spring. Traditionally used as a muscle relaxant and calming agent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the common name for Pedicularis canadensis?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Pedicularis canadensis, called common lousewort or wood betony<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/allahabad\/meet-pedicularis-rajeshiana-the-new-plant-species-from-himalayas\/articleshow\/121446608.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedicularis rajeshiana, a hemiparasitic plant in the Lousewort group, thrives by partially relying on other plants for nutrients in its natural habitat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[625,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-48737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-pedicularis-rajeshiana","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48737","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}