Centinela Ridge is an area of cloud forest surrounded by agriculture in Ecuador. Plant species thought to be extinct have been rediscovered in the area. New species have also been discovered in the area. In 1982 the biologist Alwyn Gentry discovered more than 100 new species, but the scientific find was short lived as shortly after local farmers deforested the region cauing the extinction of most of these new discoveries.
Plant species found in the area include:
- Gasteranthus extinctus, once thought to be extinct.
- Amalophyllon miraculum
References
- "New Publication - Refuting the hypothesis of Centinelan extinction at its place of origin". huh.harvard.edu.
- "Life and Death in the Rain Forests". The Los Angeles Times. 16 October 1990. p. 112. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- Smith, Kiona N. "This Flower Was Named For Its Own Extinction, But It Didn't Get The Memo". Forbes.
- "Tiny flower that survived deforestation named as new species".
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