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Researchers from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered a new plant species from a wildlife sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh.

Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekharii, the plant species recently discovered from the Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary belongs to the family Acanthaceae and the Phlogacanthus genus.

The species is named to honour Dr Sudhansu Sekhar Dash, a scientist at the BSI, for his “significant contribution” to plant and ecological research in the Indian Himalayan region.

The genus Phlogacanthus comprises 13 species in India and is mainly spread over the northeastern and eastern Himalayan state.

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