Two types of tree and a palm that live underground are among the new plant species named in 2023 and highlighted by scientists at the Royal Botanical Garden Kew in the UK. The palm is unique, as the only species known to flower and fruit almost exclusively underground, and was discovered in Borneo. The trees were discovered in the deep Kalahari sands of highland Angola, where the free-draining terrain has led a number of species evolving to live at least 90% underground. Other new species include an orchid found atop a volcano, fungi from the apparently barren wastes of Antarctica and a novel fungi found in food waste in South Korea. The most mysterious new species is a plant from Mozambique that appears to be carnivorous. https://www.theguardian.com/environ...s-underground-among-newly-named-plant-species https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.603.2.6
Fungi are not plants of course. If still being done Kew puts up a new plant species feature once per year on its Plants of the World Online site.
You are correct. This should be moved to 'Biodiversity'. Realized my error last night after posting--had intended to request move today. Moderator: please rectify this inaccuracy. Thank you.
