Guwahati, Nov. 11 -- A rare flowering plant found in the remote forests of Arunachal Pradesh has been identified as a new species, adding to India's botanical diversity and extending the known western distribution of the genus Disporopsis into the country.

Named Disporopsis crispata, the newly described species was discovered in Vijoynagar, Changlang district, at an altitude of around 2,500 metres. The finding has been published in the latest issue of the international botanical journal Phytotaxa.

The discovery is significant because the genus Disporopsis, comprising around 12 known species, was previously recorded mainly in Myanmar, China, Taiwan, the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia. The finding in Arunachal Pradesh marks...