NEW LICHEN SPECIES FOUND IN WESTERN GHATS

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A LICHEN SPECIES NAMED - ALLOGRAPHA EFFUSOSOREDICA In Western Ghats.

* LICHENS A FUNGUS THAT OFFERS STRUCTURE AND PROTECTION AND A PHOTOBIONT ( USUALLY A GREEN ALGAE OR CYANOBACTERIA) 

* WHICH IS CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS ( WHICH ABSORBS SUNLIGHT AND MAKE FOOD) 

* IT IS COMPARABLE RARE CHEMICAL TRAITS ( MEANS HARBOURING CHEMICAL CALLED NORSTICTIC ACID SIMILAR TO GENUS ALLOGRAPHA) 

* THIS IS FIRST DISCOVERY OF ALLOGRAPHA IN INDIA 

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NEW SPECIES FOUND IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM ITANAGAR HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF BERBERIES IN THE HIGH ALTITUDE FORESTS OF TAWANG.

* A TEAM LEAD BY SCHOLAR BIPANKAR HAJONG & SCIENTIST 

DR PANKAJ BHARALI FROM RAJSTHAN CSIR - NEIST JORHAT, 

* THIS SPECIES ABOUT 400-500 SPECIES FOUND IN WORLDWIDE.

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A NEW FISH SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* OLYRA SANCTA, A NEW SPECIES OF ANGUILLIFORM CATFISH HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TISSA RIVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

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A NEW FLOWER SPECIES FOUND IN ASSAM

* A NEW FLOWER SPECIES GARCINIA KUSUMAE ( BELONGS TO GENUS - GARCINIA) Popularly Called As THOIKORA IN ASSAMESE.

* THE FLOWER NAMED AFTER TO HONOUR KUSUM DEVI ( LATE MOTHER OF JAATINDRA SARMA, AUTHOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF ASSAM'S STATE EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE) 

* IN INDIA 33 SPECIES AND 7 VARIETIES OF GARCINIA FOUND ( 12 in ASSAM) 

* MR SARMA BEFORE DISCOVERIES 

* AMOMUM PRATISTHANA ( After Her Daughter) 

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ZSI RELEASED THE DATA OF NEW SPECIES

* 683 NEW SPECIES ADDED TO INDIA'S FAUNA IN 2024

* 459 ARE NEW SPECIES 

* 224 ARE NEW RECORDED 

* KERALA TOPPED WITH 101 SPECIES ( 80 NEW SPECIES And 21 NEW RECORDED) 

* KARNATAKA STOOD SECOND WITH 82 SPECIES (68 NEW SPECIES & 14 NEW RECORDED) 

* TAMILNADU STOOD THIRD WITH 63 DISCOVERIES ( 50 NEW SPECIES & 13 NEW RECORDED) 

* ARUNACHAL PRADESH WITH 72 ANIMAL  SPECIES ( 42 NEW SPECIES & 30 NEW RECORDED) 

* MEGHALAYA 42 DISCOVERIES ( INCLUDING 25 NEW SPECIES & 17 NEW RECORDED) 

* WEST BENGAL WITH 56 DISCOVERIES ( INCLUDING 25 NEW SPECIES & 31 NEW RECORDED) 

* ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 43 DISCOVER ( 14 FAUNA & 29 NEW RECORDED) 

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