Described 28 years post collection, new grass species makes a strong case for conservation

Described 28 years post collection, new grass species makes a strong case for conservation

6 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-years-grass-species-strong-case.html

Almost three decades after its original collection the new species P. laegaardiana has finally emerged from its herbarium collection, but the story took an unexpected twist.

It took the authors a single Google Earth search to find out that what used to be the natural habitat of the newly found densely tufted bunchgrass, is now occupied predominantly by small farms.