The Botanical FORUM JNRM

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Floristic 2026 | Department of Botany | Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya

A three-day annual botanical festival Floristic '25 was organised from 12-14 Feb along with the release of an e-Magazine 'Daffodils' for the first time.

I felt youthful surrounded by young people! Enjoyed spending time with students of classes 7, 8, 9, and 10 at RGT Public Vidhyalaya. We discussed career opportunities.

The Botanical Forum annual festival FLORISTIC '20 will be held on 8 - 9th Jan, 2020. All are requested to actively participate in various competitions and attend lectures from prominent resource persons from these Islands and mainland India.

The ISE is running a workshop for emerging ethnobiologists in Sirituba, Brazil, just prior to the 30th anniversary congress in Belem. The theme is “Ethnobiology in the 21st Century: reflecting on the Declaration of Belém 30 years on”. Applications open! Please share, thank you.

Prof. R Geeta ,Deptt. of Botany, University of Delhi delivered a talk on Biodiversity and Bioresources through the evolutionary glass.

Three month training programme is being organised by BSI on Parataxonomy.Eligibility criteria for the incumbent is B.Sc. in Botany. Interested candidate may contact BSI,Port Blair (office).

"Mother of all blooms: is this what the last common ancestor of flowers looked like?"

Mother of all blooms: is this what the last common ancestor of flowers looked like? With no fossil flowers older than 130m years, their evolution has long been a mystery. A new structural discovery provides an important piece of the puzzle

"Implications of mistaken identities in conservation of wild mangoes"

An article was published in Current Science vol 112, No. 6 by Author, Venkat Ramana, et. al.
In this article he expressed his views on the authentic identification of wild indigenous Mangoes of Andaman.

According to the Article, Mangifera andamanica, an endemic species is misidentified as Bouea oppositifolia and M. griffithi as M.andamanica. These species need thorough Taxonomic Review for their correct identification.

For more information click to below mentioned link.
‌http://www.currentscience.ac.in/volume/112/06/1107.