[Solar-general] [OT] Death by flowers: giant, suicidal palm has botanists stumped

[Gerardo Diaz]

A bi­zarre dis­cov­ery has bot­a­nists puz­zled: a new spe­cies of
enor­mous palm tree that flow­ers it­self to death.

Al­though it's not the first type of plant or tree known to do this,
it's mys­ti­fy­ing re­search­ers for sev­er­al rea­sons. One ques­tion
is how such huge trees went un­no­ticed be­fore; an­oth­er is how they
evolved and got to Mad­a­gas­car, where they grow [...]

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080116_palm.htm

está en Inglés, perdón, me pareció interesante compartirlo igual

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Gerardo Díaz
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