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05/06/22 11:21 AM IST

Posidonia australis

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  • The world’s largest plant has recently been discovered off the West Coast of Australia: a seagrass 180 km in length.
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  • Scientific Name: Posidonia australis.
  • It is the world’s largest plant. It is a seagrass 180 km in length.
  • It has recently been discovered off the West Coast of Australia in Shark Bay.
  • The plant is 4,500 years old and has double the number of chromosomes than other similar plants.
  • It can usually grow to around 35cm per year.
  • It covers an area of 20,000 hectares.
  • The next on the podium, the second largest plant, is the clonal colony of a quaking Aspen tree in Utah, which covers 43.6 hectares.
  • The largest tree in India, the Great Banyan in Howrah’s Botanical Garden, covers 1.41 hectares.
Source- Indian Express 

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