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Imphal, Dec 29
A new species Trichodesma Kumareum has been discovered in Manipur and named after Professor Potsangbam Kumar of the Life Science department, Manipur University. The new species is locally known as Ching Hawai Maton and is found at different part of Manipur.
Talking to Imphal Times, Professor Potsangbam Kumar said that the new species was found by his team and has been recognised in October 2019.
The voucher species of the new species were collected from four localities of Kakching (Heikakpokpi Hill Range, Wairi) and Chandel (Monsang Hills, Pallel) of Manipur during June 2016 to March 2018.
According to paper published in Reinwardtia – A Journal on Taxonomic Botany, Plant Sociology and Ecology , the genus Trichodesma (Boraginaceae) consists of 45 species and distributed in tropical to sub-tropical region of Asia, Arabian Peninsula , Africa and Australia.
The paper published was submitted by Sanatombi Devi Yumkham and Naorem Premita of Ethnobotany & Plant Physiology Laboratory, Centre of Advance Studies in Life Science, Manipur University, Canchipur, Sandhyarani Devi Khomdram , Department of Botany, Mizoram University, Aizawl and Mayanglambam Roma Devi, Department of Botany, Kha-Manipur College, Kakching.
The voucher species of the new species collected from Manipur was compared with closely allied preserved specimens deposited at CAL ( Botanical Survey of India, Central national herbarium, Calcutta), Assam ( Botanical Survey of India , Shillong), herbarium JCB ( Herbarium Joshep’s College, Bangalore, etc
