Meet ten new plant species discovered in 2018

Botanists have been researching the hidden wonders of the plant world for centuries.

Despite this, new plants for science are being described, with 2,000 new species per year.

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London discovered and named more than 100 plants in 2018.

The list of main species includes a carnivorous species, exotic orchids, and vines with medicinal properties.

Grbad Discovering a Waterfall

Researcher Aiah Lebbie discovered a plant that was unknown to her, stuck near a waterfall in Sierra Leone, a country in Africa. # 39; West.

He collected it and sent it to Kew, where she was identified as a new species. The factory Lebbiea Grandiflora was named in his honor. "It has special characteristics that are unlike any other plant in this family and that made me understand that we were facing something very unique," he told BBC News. . "My name will be forever attached to it."

The plant – which would be a food for fish and therefore an important component of the local ecosystem – has been clbadified as endangered.

Discovered in a mining exploration area and a hydroelectric project, it could be extinguished some years ago, according to scientists.

"Every plant species on Earth is also important for our own survival," said Lebbie of Sierra Leone's National Herbarium.

"If we say that we will not be the guardians of her and that we will not let her go, it is for me something that the world will have lost and, for the moment, we are not Do not even know the value. "

Insect-eating Insectivores on a Faraway Island [19659006] There are over 150 species of potted plants in the world. This new discovery, Nepenthes biak only grows on the small island of Biak, north of the coast of Papua New Guinea.

It is threatened by tourism, especially by the cruise ships that bring the island.

"We know that the factory was sold to tourists," says Martin Cheek, a botanist in Kew. "Unless something is done to protect the species, it's on the way to extinction."

It's our job to protect plants for future generations to enjoy, he says. Pitcher plants, known as Nepenthes, have several potential uses in medicine to explore.

Laea Jewitt, director at Kew, explains that the properties of the factory are discovered all the time. "We never know what we are going to discover in these species."

Flower that can be used in the treatment of cancer

The new plant, named Kindia gangan belongs to the same family as coffee. Kew scientists saw it on hills near the town of Kindia, Guinea, West Africa.

Examinations indicate that the plant could have medical applications, including in the fight against cancer.

Contraband Orchid

A spectacular orchid was seen for sale in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, an Asian country.

A Paphiopedilum papilio-laoticus is also seriously threatened.

The yellow trepadar identified by an old photograph (19659006) Ten years later, the plant was badociated with dehydrated specimens in the herbalist Kew.

The purple flowering plant , Dioscorea hurteri is found in six different places in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and is threatened with extinction.

A flower of then it was planted in the United Kingdom.

Rainforest tree

This large tree was seen in a tropical forest of Guine , West Africa.In spring, it has pink flowers.The Talbotiella cheekii strained t unknown from science until 2015.

Wild pepper

vital in food and beauty products.

Cloud Forest Plant

This pink flowering plant was seen in a valley in Bolivia.

Tree possibly extinct

A tree from Cameroon, Vepris bali which has had a long period of life. It is thought that it has been extinguished by deforestation and there is no photographic trace of the species.