GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–2 February 2012. More than 50% of the world’s plant species have been discovered by 2% of plant collectors, scientists have found.
With an estimated 15-30% of the world’s flowering plants yet to be discovered, finding and recording new plant species is vital to our understanding of global biodiversity.
The age of great botanical explorers, such as Sir Joseph Banks and Alexander von Humboldt, might appear to have passed. But the study, led by…
