THE PLANT'S FIRST SELFIE
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Angiosperms
Class : Dicotyledons
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Droseraceae
Genus : Drosera
Species : Drosera magnifica
When an amateur researcher posted a picture of a plant on Facebook, little did he realize that it could be a new plant species in the world "discovered on Facebook." Amateur researcher Reginaldo Vasconcelos who clicked the plant in a jungle on a mountain top in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, decided to post it on the social networking site for his friends' amusement.
When circulated, it united amateurs and professionals in their common interests of plant identification and taxonomy.Thus the image reached the experts at the Bavarian State Collection for Botany in Munich who identified it as a new species: Drosera magnifica (means 'magnificent sundew'). It is a huge carnivorous plant. The results are published in the journal Phytotaxa.
Link: www.mapress.com
Division : Angiosperms
Class : Dicotyledons
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Droseraceae
Genus : Drosera
Species : Drosera magnifica
When an amateur researcher posted a picture of a plant on Facebook, little did he realize that it could be a new plant species in the world "discovered on Facebook." Amateur researcher Reginaldo Vasconcelos who clicked the plant in a jungle on a mountain top in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, decided to post it on the social networking site for his friends' amusement.
When circulated, it united amateurs and professionals in their common interests of plant identification and taxonomy.Thus the image reached the experts at the Bavarian State Collection for Botany in Munich who identified it as a new species: Drosera magnifica (means 'magnificent sundew'). It is a huge carnivorous plant. The results are published in the journal Phytotaxa.
Link: www.mapress.com
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