{"id":84229,"date":"2026-01-25T11:44:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=84229"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:01:09","slug":"strobilanthes-riteshii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/strobilanthes-riteshii\/","title":{"rendered":"Strobilanthes Riteshii"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Strobilanthes Riteshii Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new flowering plant species named Strobilanthes riteshii has been formally recorded from Arunachal Pradesh recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Strobilanthes Riteshii<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new species of flowering plant.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the family Acanthaceae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered during recent floristic surveys at Chayangtajo in the East Kameng district, <\/span><b>Arunachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant is currently<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">known only from its type locality at an elevation of around 1,600 metres.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><b> grows along roadsides on open hill slopes, often near small waterfalls and streams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within <\/span><b>evergreen forest patches.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flowering <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been observed between <\/span><b>August and October<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while <\/span><b>fruiting <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">occurs<\/span><b> from September to December.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species has been <\/span><b>named <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strobilanthes riteshii <\/span><b>in honour of Dr. Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, an Indian plant taxonomist <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the Agharkar Research Institute, recognising his contributions to plant taxonomy and molecular systematics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on current information, the species has been <\/span><b>provisionally assessed as Data Deficient under the IUCN Red List <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">criteria, indicating that more field data is required to understand its population status and threats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatodayne.in\/arunachal-pradesh\/story\/arunachal-pradesh-records-new-species-of-flowering-plant-1335410-2026-01-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strobilanthes riteshii, a new flowering plant species, was discovered during floristic surveys at Chayangtajo in Arunachal Pradesh\u2019s East Kameng district. 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