Edinburgh-based scientists uncover new species of plants

SCIENTISTS working with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have helped to discover new species of plants.

Despite the challenges of working remotely, the pair were able to use the best of their resources to describe the new species.“It is only once a species is named you can truly investigate what its place is within the environment and therefore how mankind can work to use it or protect it.

Commenting, Poulsen said: “The ginger which we ‘re-found’ in PNG will not only inform our understanding and conservation efforts in and around the island, but we hope that the species can also go on to be a new star of the visitor experience when our glasshouses reopen to the public after the Edinburgh Biomes refurbishment.“The business of collecting plants and ‘plant hunting’ is a challenging and exciting one – often navigating dangerous terrain in the name of biodiversity research.

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