Research communications
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2020)
Recovery of Globba wengeri (C.E.C. Fisch.) K.J. Williams, critically endangered plant species from Serchhip District in Mizoram, Northeast India
Department of Botany, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl 796 001, India
Department of Botany, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl 796 001, India
Department of Botany, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl 796 001, India
Department of Botany, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl 796 001, India
Department of Botany, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl 796 001, India
Department of Botany, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl 796 001, India
Department of Botany, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl 796 001, India
Abstract
Globba wengeri (C.E.C. Fisch.) K.J. Williams, former state flower of Mizoram, a rare and critically endangered plant species, commonly known as ‘dancing girl’, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, is reported in this communication for the first time from Serchhip District in Mizoram at an elevation of about 1187 m a.s.l. It was found on moist, watery and rocky slopes. The plant is under severe threat in the natural habitat and therefore, further studies are required to determine life history and particular survival threats of this species.
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