G. extinctus (IMAGE)

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G. extinctus

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Long believed to have gone extinct, Gasteranthus extinctus was found growing next to a waterfall at Bosque y Cascada Las Rocas, a private reserve in coastal Ecuador containing a large population of the endangered plant

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Photo by Riley Fortier

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