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Hedychium ellipticum
Curcuma
Didymocarpus
Mass flowering of Curcuma caulina
IBC Travel awardees by IAPT
Aeschynanthus sp
Didymocarpus
Hedychium ziroense V.Gowda&Ashokan
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Research

  • Ecology and evolution of plants in Zingiberaceae and Gesneriaceae.

  • Floral evolution in sympatric species.

  • Community ecology and plant-pollinator interactions.

  • Reproductive ecology of House sparrows.

  • Resource limitation and sex determination in plants.

Recent Publications

Shrotri, S., Kaur, S., Dhargalkar, R., Najla, P.V., & Gowda, V. (2024). Mass flowering and flowering asynchrony characterise a seasonal herbaceous community in the Western Ghats BioRxiv, 2024-11.

 

Shrotri, S., Kaur, S., Nawge, V., Sandhya, S., Dandavate, R., & Gowda, V. (2024). Revisiting Aristotle's observation on bees: High floral constancy is common among bees but it is shaped by the locally abundant flowering species BioRxiv, 2024-10.

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Shrotri, S., & Gowda, V. (2024). Pollinator visitation pattern and differential reproductive compatibilities maintain bract colour polymorphism in a nocturnal ginger from Western Ghats, India. BioRxiv, 2024-09.

 

Yadav, R., & Gowda, V. (2024). Six new species of Globba L. (Zingiberales, Zingiberaceae) from the Eastern Himalayas and Northeast India. PhytoKeys, 246, 197–228. 

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News

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  • Sep 2024: Multiple news articles featuring the discovery of six Globba L. species new to science.

  • June 2024: News article covering the discovery of new species Didymocarpus janakiae from Arunachal Pradesh, named after botanist Dr Janaki Ammal was published in the digital news outlets- EastMojo, Hubnews and newspaper- Mathrubhumi

  • June 2024: News article covering our new geographical record of Microchirita karaketii was published in news outlets - EastMojo and Shillong Times.

  • May 2024: Data article on characterization of SSR markers of Hedychium spicatum now available online in Data in Brief.​

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