New species have been discovered in many places one after another, and experts are issuing urgent warnings!

Not long ago

Zhejiang and Hainan in my country

Found a

A new species named " White-capped Chanterelle "

Because the name "sounds delicious"

It also sparked a stir on social media

About this new species

A heated discussion on whether to eat it or not

The picture shows the white-capped chanterelles photographed in August 2021. The cap of the white-capped chanterelles is smooth, with wavy edges, yellowish white to light cream color, firm flesh, and no obvious smell. Image source: Zhejiang Tianmushan National Nature Reserve Administration

Last month

my country has also made great achievements in the plant world

New Species: Scarlet Chimonanthus

On October 20, it was reported that recently, an article published in the international plant taxonomy journal "Phytotaxa" stated that researchers discovered a new plant species - scarlet golden millet orchid - on a forest slope at an altitude of 200 meters in Shimen Mountain, Wuhan. The researchers consulted the literature, checked the specimens, and conducted chromosome analysis and gene sequencing research on the plant in the laboratory, and finally determined that this was a new species of the genus Golden Millet that had never been recorded . Since no red herbarium was found in the genus Golden Millet before, the researchers discussed and named it: Scarlet Golden Millet orchid according to the color of its herbarium.

New species: White-fronted lilacinus sanxiaensis

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a branch of the National Plant Specimen Resource Center, in collaboration with the Chongqing Natural History Museum and the Chongqing Wulipo Nature Reserve, have studied and published a new species: Vincetoxicum pingtaoanum Cai F. Zhang, GW Hu & QF Wan.

In April 2021, Chen Feng and others from the Chongqing Natural History Museum discovered an unknown species of the genus Rhizoma with yellow flowers while conducting a baseline survey of wild plant resources in the Yintiaoling Nature Reserve in Chongqing.

The researchers consulted a large amount of domestic and foreign literature and specimens, and combined with evidence from molecular systematics, determined that it was a new species unique to the Three Gorges region .

New species: Phoebe dayaoshanensis

The plant diversity research team of the Guangxi Institute of Botany, a branch of the National Plant Specimen Resource Bank, also recently published a new species that is endemic to Dayao Mountain in Guangxi - Dayao Mountain Beilschmiedia weii (YS Huang, HM Tan & Yan Liu).

This species belongs to the Lauraceae family and is the second new plant species reported in Dayao Mountain after the new plant species Akebia haimingensis was reported in July this year.

Since the Dayao Mountain Qiongnan is a tall tree species unique to the Dayao Mountain in Guangxi, it is also called "Dayao Mountain Qiongnan".

New species: Yajiang Tongue-beaked Orchid

In addition, the new species of orchid plant in Sichuan, Hemipilia yajiangensis GW Hu, Jia X. Yang & QF Wang, which was recently discovered, is very rare and its living environment deserves attention.

According to the discoverer, the Yajiang tongue-beaked orchid grows next to a village far away from the protected area. When it was first discovered in 2020, there were relatively few breeding individuals. When it returned for observation again in 2021, more flowering individuals were found, but the living environment was destroyed in a corner of the distribution area due to the expansion of the village road.

This is also the only population of Yajiang Tongue-beaked Orchid discovered so far.

Experts say that in the past 20 years

The average number of new plant species discovered in my country each year

Around 200

New species discovered

There are three main reasons

First, the research conditions have been improved, filling the gap in collection . In the past, due to limited transportation and other conditions, it was impossible to conduct investigations in some areas. Now that transportation and infrastructure conditions have improved, field investigations can go deeper into border areas, deep mountains and other places.

Second, some common species have been reclassified and redefined . As research continues to deepen, some species that were not previously recognized as new species have also been re-recognized.

Third, ecological restoration has promoted the recovery of species . The conversion of farmland to forest and grassland has restored vegetation in many areas, and some species that were once endangered have been able to restore their populations, making them easier to be discovered by researchers.

“New plant species discovered in my country every year

That’s about one-tenth of the world’s total.”

Experts believe

Discovery of new species

Helps improve species diversity in the region

Protection and maintenance of national biodiversity

It is also important

also

After the discovery of a new species

Scientific protection of its living environment is necessary

Every time a new species is discovered

What everyone is most concerned about is

“Can I eat it?” “Is it delicious?” “How do I eat it?”

Experts advise

“Many plants in the wild are poisonous.”

If you discover a species you've never seen before,

You can enjoy

But don't pick and eat them easily!