KORONADAL CITY — A new plant species that grows on only two mountains in Mindanao has been named after wildlife advocate Theresa Mundita Lim. A team of renowned taxonomists, professors and researchers from the University of the Philippines were credited for the species’ discovery. Vital step in conservationShe thanked the taxonomists, scientists and researchers for their hard work in discovering new species. 1.7 million named speciesADVERTISEMENTShe said millions of plant and animal species had yet to be studied and could hold tremendous potential as sources of food, medicine and other benefits to humans. According to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), taxonomists have identified only about 1.78 million species of animals, plants and microorganisms in 250 years of research out of more than 30 million species.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 13, 2018 21:33 UTC