A NEW PLANT SPECIES FOUND IN WESTERN GHATS

* BOTANIST FROM DAVANGERE UNIVERSITY, ( ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SIDDAPPA B KAKKALAMELI AND RESEARCH SCHOLAR PRASHANT KARADAKKATI, HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW PLANT SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS, KARNATAKA.

* FAMILY - MELASTOMATACEAE 

* GENUS - SONERILA ROXB ( ALREDY 46 SPECIES FROM THISE GENUS INDIA) 

* SONERILA BABABUDANGIRIENSIS  (At Baba Budangiri Hill Range DISCOVERD) 

* SONERILA GIGIANTEA ( Mallalli Falls Region Kodagu) 

* SONERILA CHARMADIENSIS ( Charmadi Ghat In CHIKKAMANGULURU) ( RHIZOMES CHARACTER PLANT) 

* SONERILA KONKONENSIS ( FOUND IN KAVALEDURGA SHIVMOGGA DISTRICT)