What: Globba andersonii
Where: Sikkim Himalayas
Which: Rare and critically endangered plant
Globba andersonii-a rare and critically endangered plant species have been rediscovered from the Sikkim Himalayas near the Teesta river valley region after a gap of nearly 136 years. The rediscovery was published in the journal Botany Letters.
Globba andersonii is also known commonly as ‘dancing ladies’ or ‘swan flowers’.
The earliest records of the collection of this plant were dated between the period 1862-70 when it was collected by Scottish botanist Thomas Anderson from Sikkim and Darjeeling.
It was re-discovered by the four researchers namely; Dr. Sachin Punekar-founder of NGO Biospheres, Jayakrishnan Thachat of the Department of Botany at the University of Calicut; Vadakkoot Sankaran Hareesh of the plant taxonomy division of the Malabar Botanical Garden; and Mamiyil Sabu of the Institute for Plant Sciences in Kozhikode.
Globba andersonii are characterised by white flowers and the species is restricted mainly to Teesta River Valley region which includes the Sikkim Himalays and Darjeeling hill ranges.
Source: (The Hindu)
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