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¡Que Vive Centinela! A tiny new plant species reaffirms the “miraculous” survival of Western Ecuador's ravished ... - EurekAlert
A tiny plant growing on vertical wet rocks has been discovered in the legendary biodiversity hotspot Centinela, a region popularised by a reported mass extinction of unique plant species. While the new species’ iridescent foliage and ephemeral flowers are remarkable, the finding’s primary importance lies in the forest's existence and health. The discovery represents an inspiration for biodiversity conservation in an area the scientific community assumed to be a barren agricultural landscape of plant extinctions. The discovery of the new plant species is described in the peer-reviewed, open-access journal PhytoKeys.
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