Colorful tropical plants threatened with extinction, study finds
The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...
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Tropical plants discovered in Tasmania's ancient Polar Forest
These insights have been pivotal in understanding the relationship of these ancient plants to their modern counterparts. In collaboration with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Center, the new fossil ...
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Nearly half of popular tropical plant group related to birds-of-paradise and bananas are threatened with extinction
A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction. A new analysis from ...
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How to grow a banana plant and add some tropical chic to your garden
That's right; it's easy to assume that the not-so-humble banana plant ... add a tropical edge to your garden borders – which is brilliant news for anyone hankering for a thoroughly modern ...
DNA and 90 million-year-old pollen fossils reveal new insights into evolution of Asian tropics
In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global ...