Thousands of Unstudied Plants May Be at Risk of Extinction
Thousands of Unstudied Plants May Be at Risk of Extinction
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
December 5, 20185m 47s
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Show Notes
Pleurothallis portillae is one odd-looking orchid. Sporting a small nub of a flower nestled in a long, bulbous leaf that droops like a pair of string beans, it’s considered fashionably drab by collectors. But its true home is in the remote cloud forest of the Ecuadorian Andes---a region where, according to an algorithm, it’s most likely under threat of extinction. Plants have long gotten short shrift in conservation circles.
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