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Detailed explanation-1: -About the New Alpine Plant Species The new species of plant belongs to the family of Himalayan sunflower. It has been named as Cremanthodium indicum.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cremanthodium indica grows in boggy soil among mosses along the banks of alpine lake, ” adds the paper. Tawang district holds one of the assemblages of flowering plants in the northeastern state, which attracts botanists across the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -They have been christened Fimbristylis sunilii and Neanotis prabhuii, and the findings by the research teams have been detailed in the November and December issues of the plant taxonomy journal Phytotaxa .

Detailed explanation-4: -Fimbristylis sunilii, named after plant taxonomist C.N. Sunil, was collected from the grasslands of Ponmudi hills, Thiruvananthapuram.