{"id":340633,"date":"2025-06-17T14:42:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=340633"},"modified":"2025-06-19T19:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:00:21","slug":"portulaca-bharat-new-flowering-plant-species-discovered-in-aravali-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/portulaca-bharat-new-flowering-plant-species-discovered-in-aravali-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Portulaca bharat &#8211; New flowering plant species discovered in Aravali hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A new flowering plant species with unusual morphological characteristics has been discovered in the rocky and semi-arid landscape of Aravali hills near Jaipur. <strong>Portulaca bharat &#8211; New flowering plant species discovered in Aravali hills<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About Portulaca bharat<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_340646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340646\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-340646\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-The-Hindu-3.png?resize=490%2C273&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-The-Hindu-3.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-The-Hindu-3.png?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-The-Hindu-3.png?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-The-Hindu-3.png?w=1375&amp;ssl=1 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; The Hindu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The new species belongs to the subgenus <strong>Portulaca<\/strong> section <strong>Neossia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is currently only known from <strong>a single location in the Galtaji hills (Aravali near Jaipur)<\/strong> with only <strong>10 individuals<\/strong> of this species were found in the wild.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong> It has <strong>opposite<\/strong> and slightly <strong>conclave leaves<\/strong> and pale-yellow flowers becoming <strong>creamish-white towards apex<\/strong>, with the presence of <strong>glandular hairs<\/strong> on stamen filaments and <strong>thick roots<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Naming:<\/strong> The naming of the plant <strong>after the country<\/strong> serves as a symbolic reminder of India\u2019s rich and still-unfolding natural heritage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IUCN status:<\/strong> With no other populations currently known, it has been provisionally assessed as <strong>\u201cdata deficient\u201d<\/strong> under the IUCN Red List guidelines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"947\">\n<h2>About Portulaca genus<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The genus Portulaca currently comprises about 153 species worldwide, primarily found in <strong>tropical and subtropical regions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These <strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">succulent plants<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> are known for their toughness, <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">water-storing tissues<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, and adaptation to extreme environments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>In <strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">India<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">11 species<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> are currently known, including <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">four endemics<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, mostly distributed in <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">dry and semi-arid habitats<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A new flowering plant species with unusual morphological characteristics has been discovered in the rocky and semi-arid landscape of Aravali hills near Jaipur. Portulaca bharat &#8211; New flowering plant species discovered in Aravali hills About Portulaca bharat The new species belongs to the subgenus Portulaca section Neossia. 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