New scientific discoveries: Plants and fungi

Martin Cheek; Eimear Nic Lughadha; Paul Kirk; Heather Lindon; Julia Carretero; Brian Looney; Brian Douglas; Danny Haelewaters; Ester Gaya; Theo Llewellyn; A. Martyn Ainsworth; Yusufjon Gafforov; Kevin Hyde; Pedro Crous; Mark Hughes; Barnaby E. Walker; Rafaela Campostrini Forzza; Khoon Meng Wong; Tuula Niskanen

doi:10.1002/ppp3.10148

New scientific discoveries: Plants and fungi

Martin Cheek, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Paul Kirk, Heather Lindon, Julia Carretero, Brian Looney, Brian Douglas, Danny Haelewaters, Ester Gaya, Theo Llewellyn, A. Martyn Ainsworth, Yusufjon Gafforov, Kevin Hyde, Pedro Crous, Mark Hughes, Barnaby E. Walker, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, Khoon Meng Wong, Tuula Niskanen

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Research and publication of the planet's remaining plant and fungal species as yet unknown to science is essential if we are to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 ?Life on Land? which includes the protection of terrestrial ecosystems and halting of biodiversity loss. If species are not known to science, they cannot be assessed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species and so the possibility to protect them from extinction is reduced. Furthermore, until species are known to science they cannot be fully scientifically evaluated for their potential as new foods, medicines, and products which would help address SDGs 1,2,3, and 8.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	371-388
Number of pages	18
Journal	PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
Volume	2
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10148
Publication status	Published - Sept 2020

Keywords

DNA versus morphology
extinction before scientific discovery
properties of new species
rates of discovery of plants and fungi

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Cheek, M., Nic Lughadha, E., Kirk, P., Lindon, H., Carretero, J., Looney, B., Douglas, B., Haelewaters, D., Gaya, E., Llewellyn, T., Ainsworth, A. M., Gafforov, Y., Hyde, K., Crous, P., Hughes, M., Walker, B. E., Campostrini Forzza, R., Wong, K. M., & Niskanen, T. (2020). New scientific discoveries: Plants and fungi. PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, 2(5), 371-388. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10148

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