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Allmenia multiflora
November 2 , 2022
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- A new species of plant named Allmenia multiflora was discovered on the hillocks of Palakkad.
- Allmenia multiflora is a new species belonging to the genus Allmania.
- It is only the second species of the Allmania genus found in the world.
- The new species was discovered 188 years after the genus and the first species Allmania nodiflora were described.
- Before the new species was identified, Allmania nodiflora was believed to be the only lone species of the genus Allmania.
- Allmania nodiflora was published under the genus Celosia as Celosia nodiflora in 1753.
- It was later described as Allmania nodiflora in 1834.
- Its native range span from the Indian subcontinent to China and western and central Malesia.
- It was assessed to be a critically endangered species.
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