Recently the discovery of three new plant species Eugenia sphaerocarpa Goniothalamus sericeus amp Me...........

Environment and Ecology Biodiversity

Recently the discovery of three new plant species Eugenia sphaerocarpa, Goniothalamus sericeus & Memecylon nervosum reported in which region of India?

Himalayas

Western Ghats

Indo-Burma region

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Explanation:

Recently, a team of scientists of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have reported the discovery of three new plant species in the evergreen forest patches of the southern end of the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Hence option 2nd is correct.

The three new species found in Western Ghats includes:

Eugenia sphaerocarpa of the Myrtaceae or Rose apple family;
Goniothalamus sericeus of the Annonaceae family of custard apple
Memecylon nervosum of the Melastomataceae (Kayamboo or Kaasavu in local parlance) family.