O specie de nufăr gigant a fost descoperită la cea mai mare grădină botanică de pe glob

Horticulturists remove a pad from a Victoria cruziana waterlily, to create room to grow for a new species of giant waterlily, Victoria boliviana, (seen foreground) at Royal Botanic Gardens, in Kew, Richmond, Surrey. The plant which has been sitting in Kew's Herbarium for 177 years but a team of Kew experts spearheaded by have now revealed it to be new to science - the first giant waterlily discovery in more than a century. Picture date: Friday July 1, 2022.,Image: 704864803, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Profimedia