TY - JOUR
T1 - New scientific discoveries: Plants and fungi
AU - Cheek, Martin
AU - Nic Lughadha, Eimear
AU - Kirk, Paul
AU - Lindon, Heather
AU - Carretero, Julia
AU - Looney, Brian
AU - Douglas, Brian
AU - Haelewaters, Danny
AU - Gaya, Ester
AU - Llewellyn, Theo
AU - Ainsworth, A. Martyn
AU - Gafforov, Yusufjon
AU - Hyde, Kevin
AU - Crous, Pedro
AU - Hughes, Mark
AU - Walker, Barnaby E.
AU - Campostrini Forzza, Rafaela
AU - Wong, Khoon Meng
AU - Niskanen, Tuula
N1 - doi: 10.1002/ppp3.10148
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - DNA versus morphology
KW - extinction before scientific discovery
KW - properties of new species
KW - rates of discovery of plants and fungi
U2 - 10.1002/ppp3.10148
DO - 10.1002/ppp3.10148
M3 - Article
VL - 2
SP - 371
EP - 388
JO - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
JF - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
IS - 5
ER -