A new tree in Guangxi's karst — and its seedlings are already safe

In Guangxi's limestone karst forests, botanists have named a small tree with orange-red fruits, Casearia napoensis — the first new Casearia species described from China in twenty years, published in PhytoKeys. The wild population is so small that the species is assessed as Critically Endangered from the moment of its naming. There is a safeguard already growing: Nanning Botanical Garden has collected its seeds and raised seedlings, keeping the tree's living blueprint safe while surveyors search the karst for more of its kind.

SDG 15 · Life on land — Mechanism: institutional program