Two botanists from Davangere University, Assistant Professor Siddappa B. Kakkalameli and research scholar Prashant Karadakatti, have discovered three new plant species in the Western Ghats region of Karnataka. Their findings have been published in international journals.
The three new plant species belong to the family Melastomataceae that grow in specific climate conditions. The discoveries were made during floristic explorations in different districts of the State during 2024-25. The new discoveries have been published in Asian Journal of Research in Botany, Journal of Threatened Taxa and Phytotaxa and authenticated by International Plant Nomenclature Index (IPNI) and World Flora Online (WFO).
Botanists estimate existence of around 30,00,000 plant species across the globe and so far 2,50,000 species are known while 27,50,000 species are to yet be discovered.
Dharwad botanists discover four new species of plants in Western Ghats
Endemic to Western Ghats
