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New ‘Dancing Girls’ Ginger Species
September 14 , 2024
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- Scientists recorded six new species in the genus Globba belonging to the ginger (Zingiberaceae) family from the Eastern Himalayas and two northeastern States.
- The common name for this genus is dancing girl or dancing lady ginger.
- These species are Globba corniculata, Globba paschimbengalensis, Globba polymorpha, Globba tyrnaensis, Globba janakiae, and Globba yadaviana.
- The first three were recorded from West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, the next two from Meghalaya, and the last from Mizoram.
- Zingiberaceae is the largest family within the order Zingiberales comprising at least 114 genera and 4,022 species.
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