Showy orchids to scaly desert dwellers – Kew presents 'new' species

Botanists list plants newly discovered or named by scientists in 2020RBG Kew selects 10 of 156 species officially named this yearThe ugliest orchid in the world, a toadstool found at Heathrow airport, UK, and a potential food source from Peru, among showstoppers on listOrchids account for more than a third of the newly named speciesConcerns that several of these rare species, already threatened by habitat clearance, face extinctionContinue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Tags: Kew Gardens Plants Fungi Biology Conservation Environment Science Source Type: news