* NAMED - SHEATHIA MEGHALAYAENSIS
( CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES)
* DESCRIBED BY U ELAYA PERUMAL OF THE CENTRAL NATIONAL HERBARIUM, BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) (HOWRAH), AND M PALANISAMY OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA SOUTHERN REGIONAL CENTRE, COIMBATORE
* PREVIOUSLY TWO SPECIES HAD DISCOVERD IN NORTH EAST
- SHEATHIA INDONEPALENSIS
- SHEATHIA ASSAMICA
SIGNIFICANCE OF RED ALGAE -
* ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS FRESH WATER RED ALGAE ARE KNOWN TO PRODUCE BIOACTIVE COMPUND WITH ANTIVIRAL, ANTI OXIDANT, ANTI INFLAMMATORY, AND TUMOUR PROPERTIES.
