{"id":254135,"date":"2023-07-31T20:57:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=254135"},"modified":"2023-07-31T20:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:27:46","slug":"bsip-scientists-discover-new-species-of-flower-from-sikkim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bsip-scientists-discover-new-species-of-flower-from-sikkim\/","title":{"rendered":"BSIP scientists discover new species of flower from Sikkim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the articl<\/span>e <b>\u201cBSIP scientists discover new species of flower from Sikkim\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0published in <\/span><b>The Times of India on 28th July 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) Prayagraj Centre have discovered a new plant species in the state of Sikkim named Pedicularis Revealiana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sikkim is renowned for its remarkable biodiversity. This state alone accounts for 45 percent of the total plant diversity in the Indian Himalayan region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Pedicularis Revealiana?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pedicularis Revealiana is a plant belonging to the Pedicularis species group. It is commonly known as a perennial herb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This plant thrives in remote forests, which remain snow-covered for most of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a hemi-parasitic species meaning it is partially parasitic, setting it apart from all other known Pedicularis species.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This plant not only produces its own food but also demonstrates the remarkable ability to draw nutrients from the roots of neighboring trees and plants.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cBSIP scientists discover new species of flower from Sikkim\u201d \u00a0published in The Times of India on 28th July 2023. What is the News? Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) Prayagraj Centre have discovered a new plant species in the state of Sikkim named Pedicularis Revealiana.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bsip-scientists-discover-new-species-of-flower-from-sikkim\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BSIP scientists discover new species of flower from Sikkim<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9,11834],"tags":[10496],"class_list":["post-254135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","category-species-in-news","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}