Flowers of the Se La : alpine plants of NW Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh in NE India, the land of the rising sun, is a Paradise for botanists, still largely unexplored. In the west part of the state, the Se La straddles the Himalayan range at 4200 metres above sea level. Being the only alpine area in Arunachal accessible by road, it is far better known than the high elevations of the central and east parts of the state. Despite this, numerous novelties have been discovered in the past decade: species new to Arunachal Pradesh, to India or to science