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Leaf pressing (IMAGE)

Field Museum

Leaf pressing

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The team presses and preserves the specimens collected during the day.

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Photo by Riley Fortier.

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Field Museum
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Lost South American wildflower named “extinctus” rediscovered (but still endangered)

Field Museum

Journal
PhytoKeys
DOI
10.3897/phytokeys.194.79638

Tags

  • /Life sciences/Plant sciences
  • /Life sciences/Ecology/Applied ecology/Conservation biology/Extinction
  • /Applied sciences and engineering/Environmental sciences/Environmental engineering/Environmental management/Forestry/Deforestation
  • /Life sciences/Ecology/Community ecology/Ecological communities/Forests/Tropical forests
  • /Life sciences/Evolutionary biology/Evolutionary methods/Biological systematics/Taxonomies/Plant taxonomies
  • /Life sciences/Plant sciences/Plants/Endangered plants
  • /Life sciences/Evolutionary biology/Evolutionary methods/Biological systematics/Biological nomenclature
  • /Life sciences/Plant sciences/Plants
  • /Life sciences/Evolutionary biology

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