Planta rara é redescoberta na Austrália após 60 anos

Uma espécie de arbusto, há muito considerada extinta, foi encontrada viva em uma área remota do norte da Austrália. A redescoberta ocorreu a partir de uma fotografia tirada por um anilhador de aves e compartilhada no site de ciência cidadã iNaturalist.

Aaron Bean notou a planta incomum enquanto trabalhava em uma grande propriedade em Queensland. Ele tirou fotos e as enviou assim que recuperou o sinal de telefone, levando o botânico Anthony Bean a identificá-la como Ptilotus senarius, uma espécie não vista desde 1967.

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