Itanagar, May 27 -- In a significant contribution to Himalayan plant diversity, researchers have discovered three new species of Berberis from Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang and West Kameng districts.
The newly identified deciduous species - Berberis pseudovirescens, Berberis orbicularis and Berberis tawangensis - have been described as new to science in a study published in the 2026 edition of the Nordic Society Oikos journal Nordic Journal of Botany.
The study was carried out by scientists Bipankar Hajong and Pankaj Bharali from CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat.
According to the study, the discoveries highlight the rich yet underexplored biodiversity of the Eastern Himalaya and form part of an ongoing tax...