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"As a plant recorder I find this service indispensable," explained botanist Heather Garrett.

In the latest study, botanists recorded the plants eaten by western lowland gorillas in Gabon's Moukalaba-Doudou National Park.

A botanist from UC Riverside noticed the tree in the late 1990s.

Regardless of what they proved or didn’t, the amateur botanist in him had diligently cared for the plant, feeding it fertilizer with amino acids.

As for the Key Largo tree cactus, "This is the first of many losses likely to be suffered in the coming decades," research botanist Jimmy Lange told Salon.