China’s caves are hiding plants that exist nowhere else in the world

our paper on discovery of a diverse #cave #flora in #China just out https://t.co/aHyaGAZDEx & accompanying post https://t.co/ckcjTRBrXh @KewScience #karst pic.twitter.com/mouL81T0Pc — Alex Monro (@alexmonro) February 7, 2018 At first glance, a cave doesn't seem the likeliest home for exotically lush flora. It's dark, damp and dingy, more likely to host sparkly stalagmites than bristly bushes. It […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/02/21/chinas-caves-are-hiding-plants-that-exist-nowhere-else-in-the-world/