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It was first identified by British botanist Stephen Troyte Dunn in 1912 based on plant samples collected in Arunachal Pradesh by another English botanist, Isaac Henry Bur kill. According to the journal, Aeschynanthus Jack, an epiphytic evergreen tropical Asian genus with 174 species, is found mostly from southern China to tropical Asia.
A rigorous examination of the fresh samples, as well as a review of the pertinent records,
showed that they were Aeschynanthus monetaria, a species that had not been collected from India since Bur kill in 1912.
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The genus name Aeschynanthus is derived from the Greek aischyne or aischyn, which means shame or embarrassment, and anthos, which means flower, according to the article.
Comments There have been lots of rediscoveries of various species in Arunachal which speaks of the rich biodiversity of the state, but experts say that more dedicated explorations are needed to unravel more.