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Plants that evolved in Florida over millennia now face extinction and lack protection

By Andre A. Naranjo, Botanical Curator, Florida International University

Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely result from ancient hybridization, according to a recent study I published with colleagues.

Scrub mints are a clade – a group of organisms that share a common ancestor. They grow exclusively…

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