Showy orchids to scaly desert dwellers - Kew presents 'new' species

Botanists list plants newly discovered or named by scientists in 2020RBG Kew selects 10 of 156 species officially named this yearThe ugliest orchid in the world, a toadstool found at Heathrow airport, UK, and a potential food source from Peru, among showstoppers on list Orchids account for more than a third of the newly named species Concerns that several of these rare species, already threatened by habitat clearance, face extinction Continue reading...