A NEW PLANT SPECIES FOUND IN KARNATAKA

*  A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS LED BY BOTANIST PROFESOR DR K KOTRESHA FROM KARNATAKA SCIENCE COLLEGE, DHARWAD HAVE DISCOVERED 4 NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS IN WESTERN GHATS, KARNATAKA.

* ZEUXINE SEETHARAMII 

* OBERONIA MARNKULIENSIS 

* PARASOPUBIA GORENSIS ( NAMED AFTER GODDESS GORESHWAR TEMPLE) 

* UTRICULARIA KUMTENSIS

( THE PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED AT KALI TIGER RESERVE IN UTTARA KANNADA DISTRICT HAS BEEN NAMED ZEUXINE SEETHARAMII ( BETAGERI & KOTRESHA)