Newly-discovered flower is so rare, there is only one plant of its species

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A flower was found in Hawaii that is one of a kind—in fact, it’s the only known example of its species. It’s name is Cyanea heluensis, and the only place you can see it in the world is in a remote location in West Maui.

It was discovered above the town of Lahaina by botanists Hank Oppenheimer and Jennifer Higashino “in the deep shade of a healthy ohia forest,” as the press release from Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources poetically stated.

The scientists were studying the very steep and rugged slopes of the area when they came upon the flower. The inaccessibility of the spot and the difficulty of traversing the terrain likely contributed to the fact that this plant likely hadn’t been found for centuries.

The plant has been added to the list of 250 species supervised by the University of Hawaii’s Plant Extinction Prevention Program (PEPP).

Source - https://bigthink.com/life/flower-rare-discovery-hawaii/

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A lot of new species found lately. Its insane

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21 hours ago, Economy said:

A lot of new species found lately. Its insane

Or maybe the amount of news/ discoveries remained more or less the same, but we just give them more attention now (that's what I believe). 

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21 hours ago, Economy said:

A lot of new species found lately. Its insane

Watch them going extinct in 2 years thanks to humanity    

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17 hours ago, TheSlash said:

Watch them going extinct in 2 years thanks to humanity    

Researchers at Plant Extinction Prevention Program collect seeds from vulnerable species for research and storage, http://www.pepphi.org/ so chances are, this plant won't be going extinct! I assume they are also trying to prevent anobody from cutting it, but that's a given.