Researchers Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale have discovered a new Himalayan plant species named ‘Impatiens nimspurjai’ in the Myagdi district of Nepal.
The species is named to honour the Nirmal Purja, a Nepali mountaineer, for his contributions to mountaineering and high-altitude environmental conservation. It is to be noted that he achieved the distinction of climbing all 14 of the 8,000-metre peaks of the world in 2019.