It is the first discovery of a new giant water lily in over a century and now holds the record for the largest in the world.
A famous giant water lily named after Queen Victoria and held at Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens for 177 years has been revealed as a species new to science.
The famous water lily, genus Victoria, was named after the monarch in 1852, and was believed to include two different species. But now scientists have confirmed the massive plant is a third type and have said it is"one of the botanical wonders of the world". The plant has been named V Boliviana in honour of Bolivian research partners and one of the South American homes of the water lily, alongside the other two species: V Cruziana and V Amazonica.Scientist Natalia Przelomska from Kew Gardens said"in the face of a fast rate of biodiversity loss" describing new species"is a task of fundamental importance".
"We hope that our multidisciplinary framework might inspire other researchers who are seeking approaches to rapidly and robustly identify new species," she added.
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