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These Beautiful Strangers Now Thrive In India
The Hindu
|July 29, 2018
Tamil Nadu has the highest number of exotic plants among 471 aliens
These ‘aliens’ are here to stay. As many as 471 plant species that are alien or exotic — not native to India — are ‘naturalised,’ for they can thrive in the country’s wildernesses by forming stable populations, says a recent report.
This list of naturalised exotic or alien species, ranging from the common guava (Psidium guajava) to prolic invasives such as lantana (Lantana camara), has been compiled in a recent study published in Biological Invasions, an international journal dedicated to the patternsand processes by which organisms invade ecosystems they are not usually found in.

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Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition July 29, 2018 de The Hindu.
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