"Extinct" Tree Rediscovered in Brazil
After being presumed extinct for nearly 200 years, a tree has been rediscovered in Brazil!
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After being presumed extinct for nearly 200 years, a tree has been rediscovered in Brazil!
A team returns to the site weekly to see if the trees are fruiting in the hopes of collecting seeds from the tree to germinate them.
The expedition in Brazil spotted the Pernambuco holly when they recognized its distinctive tiny white flowers, Euronews reported.
“The moment when we found Ilex sapiiformis, it seemed that the world had stopped turning its gears.”
An expedition team has found a rare Brazilian tree that botanists thought might be extinct after nearly two centuries without a confirmed sighting. The Pernambuco holly tree (Ilex sapiiformis), which can grow to a height of 12 meters (nearly 40 feet), was found again in March in northeast Brazil by a team led by ecologist […]