16/11/2024
'Tristaniopsis flexuosa'
On Mount Redondo, Dinagat Island in Philippines, a new tree species has been discovered, Tristaniopsis flexuosa, a small tree 3 meters tall.
Peter G. Wilson of the Australian Institute of Botanical Science made the discovery and published their findings in Telopea, a journal of plant systematics, last October. Named after its crooked branches, flexuosa has small leaves and a smooth gray bark, which flakes to reveal a red-brown under-bark.