A new pipewort species from a unique, but fragile habitat in India

The Laterite plateau of India is a fragile habitat, notable for its unique biodiversity of ephemeral plants. It blooms during the monsoon rains, but turns into a desert of hot rocks in the summer. A team of botanists found another new, rare pipewort plant species from the seasonal pools of this highly threatened habitat. The study was published in the open-access journal PhytoKeys. Read more