New plant species discovered in museum is probably extinct

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 10:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A single non-photosynthetic plant specimen preserved in a Japanese natural history museum has been identified as a new species. However, it is highly possible that this species is already extinct. These findings will be published on September 13 in Phytotaxa.

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