Two extinct plants discovered in Australia

April 14, 2008

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These days it’s amazing to ear about finding plants that are thought to be extinct since most of the news just report cases of disappearing species.
This time at Cape York, far northern Australia, two thought to be extinct plants were found. The Rhaphidospora cavernarum which is a one and a half meters high herb thought to be lost since 1873 and the Teucrium ajugaceum last seen in 1891.
These findings were made thanks to a report produced from research by more than 100 academic and government experts.
Besides the finding of the thought to be extinct plants the report also stated that in Queensland every year more than 50 new plants are reported to appear and that there are more than 12,000 native plant species known to science in the state making Queensland a “well of life”.

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