Scientists race to collect the last seeds from a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct

Scientists race to collect the last seeds from a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct

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One of the world’s rarest trees, a cliffside plant with simply one recognized specific left in the wild, might have a brand-new possibility at survival after researchers gathered numerous seeds from the only survivor’s precarious home on Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island.

The tree, Dendroseris neriifolia is belonging to the Juan Fernández Islands, a remote chain of volcanic islands about 420 miles (673 kilometers), from mainland Chile. When discovered in lowland locations of Robinson Crusoe island, D. neriifolia has actually been pressed to the verge by environment loss, disintegration, intrusive types, grazing animals, fires and historical forest cleaning

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