Ecuador discovers a 40-year-old extinct wildflower
A once-thought-extinct species of wildflower in South America has been rediscovered. In the foothills of Ecuador’s Andes Mountains, researchers discovered the extinct species Gasteranthus extinctus, some 40 years after its last sighting. Several plant species, notably Gasteranthus extinctus, were thought to be extinct because of widespread deforestation in western Ecuador in the late 20th century. … Read more