Botanists name a beautiful new species of ‘lipstick vine’ discovered in the Philippine rainforest

Published on December 12, 2024

A team of botanists, from Oxford University and the University of the Philippines Los Baños, have announced the discovery of a species of lipstick vine completely new to science, from the depths of the Philippine rainforest. The findings have been published in the Nordic Journal of Botany.
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