Friday 5 January 2018

New endangered plant species discovered in China

New endangered plant species discovered in China

Scientists have discovered a new endangered species of flowering plants in China.

It was discovered in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province during a field survey.

The species, Primula Zhui, known in Chinese as Zhu Hua Baochun, was named after Zhu Hua, a researcher from the Chinese Academy of Sciences

It has been designated a critically endangered species

Currently, there are fewer than 50 individual plants of the new species

The new species was found at a relatively low altitude area in south Yunnan

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