On two small islands in the Indian Ocean, an endangered palm with the world's largest seed

PHYSorg
Nov 15, 2023, 11:40 am102 pts
Every tree species has its story. Unraveling all 73,000 of them is a significant undertaking for science, in no small part because a considerable proportion of tree biodiversity is tropical, rare, remote and subject to the ravages of deforestation. And an estimated 9,200 tree species have yet to be discovered.

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