What is the latest floral specie discovered?

Question

What is the latest floral specie discovered?

Answer 1

The new species were found in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, particularly in a zone called the Green corridor. The discovery comprises one species of snake, two species of butterflies, five species of orchids and three species of other plants.

Scientists are examining ten other species of plants, including four species of orchid, also believed to be newly discovered species.



The newly discovered snake species is a species of water snake, which lives along streams where it catches frogs and small animals as food. The snake has a nice white-yellow line along its head and red spots on its body. This species of snake can grow to 80cm long.



The new species of butterflies discovered in this province are among the eight new species of butterflies found here since 1996. Of the two new butterfly species, one is a brown butterfly species of Zela family and one is a new line of Satyrinae family.

Three of the five new species of orchid don’t have leaves and this is a very special characteristic for an orchid.

Other new species of plants are wild garlic species with flowers of nearly black colour, and an arum flower tree with yellow flowers

Answer 2

In California, an average of 10 plant species are discovered a year, said Andrew Sanders, curator at UCR's Herbarium. ( cit. ), so some new discoveries should have happened in the meantime.

But these two are the most actual I found:

Washington, Jan 17,  2008: Biologists have discovered a completely new species of palm tree in Madagascar, which dies soon after flowering.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/heal...

Wayne Armstrong / Special to The Press-Enterprise

The newly identified Brodiaea santarosae species is estimated to be about 5 million years old. ( November 19, 2007 )

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stori...