A tree called DiCaprio - and 5 other new species named by Kew Garden scientists and partners
A ghost orchid, a toothy mushroom and a killer tobacco plant are also among the pantheon of recently named plants.
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A ghost orchid, a toothy mushroom and a killer tobacco plant are also among the pantheon of recently named plants.
An insect-trapping tobacco plant; a “ghost-orchid” that blooms after it rains; a fungus with teeth instead of gills. These are only some of the around 205 plant and fungi species named for the first time by scientists affiliated with the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, in 2021.
An evergreen tree native to Cameroon’s tropical Ebo forest has been given the scientific name Uvariopsis dicaprio and is the first new plant species to be described in 2022
Hundreds of new species include pink voodoo lily and an ylang-ylang tree named after Leonardo DiCaprio
London, 6 Jan (ONA) --- Several new plants were named by scientists last year, including a ghost orchid which grows in complete darkness, an...