New monkey puzzle tree discovered by accident after 17-years

SCOTS scientists have discovered a new species of monkey puzzle tree that had been “hiding” under their noses for almost two decades.
Researchers from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) have spent the past 17 years studying monkey puzzle trees on New Caledonia, an island in the South Pacific.
To their amazement, the team recently realised that the trees included a previously unknown species – the first to be discovered for 47 years.
The tree – which has yet to be officially named – had been “hiding in plain sight” according to-read more