UOG researchers help name a new orchid species
Researchers with ties to the University of Guam have helped name and describe an orchid species that is only found on Guam and Rota.
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Researchers with ties to the University of Guam have helped name and describe an orchid species that is only found on Guam and Rota.
MANGILAO (UOG) — An estimated 86% of land-dwelling species on Earth are yet to be described, according to a study in PlOS Biology, but with a newly published paper in
Published December 12, 2020, 11:00 AM Donna A. Apolinario, MD The discovery of a new “spectacular, stunningly beautiful” orchid species in the Philippines was announced today, bringing new excitement to the fields of horticulture, biology, and conservation. The orchid was discovered in Bukidnon by Dr. Miguel David de Leon, a retinal surgeon and field biologist from Cagayan de Oro, and was named Aerides upcmae, after Dr. de Leon’s alma mater, the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. The new species was published in the Orchideen Journal by Dr. de Leon along with co-autho...