{"id":50928,"date":"2025-06-19T11:33:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T06:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50928"},"modified":"2025-06-19T13:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:03:29","slug":"nothopegia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nothopegia\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothopegia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nothopegia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a team of researchers discovered 24-million-year-old fossilized leaves resembling modern plant species of the Nothopegia genus from Makum Coalfield of Assam.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nothopegia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a genus of plants in the <\/span><b>family Anacardiaceae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The native range of this genus is <\/span><b>Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At present species of this genus are found in <\/span><b>Western Ghats region.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Findings of Nothopegiae<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These fossilized leaves, dating back around 24\u201323 million years to the <\/span><b>late Oligocene epoch,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were the world\u2019s oldest known fossil record of a plant genus <\/span><b>called Nothopegia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is suggested that the ancient environment of northeast India once provided a perfect home for Nothopegia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Himalayas began their dramatic rise due to tectonic movements, bringing with them sweeping <\/span><b>changes in temperature, rainfall, and wind patterns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These geological convulsions cooled the northeast, rendering it inhospitable for many tropical plant species, including Nothopegia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species survived in the <\/span><b>climatically stable Western Ghats,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making it a living relic of an ancient ecological past.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Methodology used:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Herbarium comparison, Cluster analysis, Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program (CLAMP)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2136977#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>PIB<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothopegia is a genus of flowering plants in the Anacardiaceae family, known for its tropical distribution and ecological significance. 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