New Species Discovered in 2025

<p>I learned some lessons from the 2024 discoveries episode, and I think this one is not quite so messy. I also managed to contain it all in one episode this time!</p><p><br></p><p>Music by James Milor from Pixabay</p><p><br></p><p>Information provided by:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.calacademy.org/press/releases/california-academy-of-sciences-and-partners-uncover-new-sunflower-species-in-big-bend">https://www.calacademy.org/press/releases/california-academy-of-sciences-and-partners-uncover-new-sunflower-species-in-big-bend</a></li><li>Damian Carrington (2026, Jan 7). Fly-arousing orchid and zombie fungus among 2025 botanical and fungal finds. <em>The Guardian</em>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/08/fly-arousing-orchid-zombie-fungus-among-new-plant-fungus-species-finds-2025">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/08/fly-arousing-orchid-zombie-fungus-among-new-plant-fungus-species-finds-2025</a></li><li>Aaron P. Davis, et al. (2005). Galanthus subalpinus (Amaryllidaceae): A new species of snowdrop from the Western Balkans.<em> Kew Bulletin, 80</em>, 169-175. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-024-10239-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-024-10239-8</a></li><li>James Doubek (2025, Feb 26). Meet the &#39;wooly devil,&#39; a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park. <em>National Public Radio</em>. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5308248/wooly-devil-new-species-genus-big-bend">https://www.npr.org/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5308248/wooly-devil-new-species-genus-big-bend</a></li><li>Gabriel A. Iturralde, et al. (2025) Telipogon cruentilabrum (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae): A new species from mid-western Ecuador, long misidentified as T. dendriticus. <em>Phytotaxa, 694</em>(3), 271–280. <a href="https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.694.3.6">https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.694.3.6</a> [Abstract]</li><li><a href="https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/top-10-species-2025">https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/top-10-species-2025</a></li><li>Yee Wen Low, et al. (2025). Eugenia venteri (sect. Jossinia, Myrtaceae): A new flagelliflorous tree from the rainforest of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. <em>Kew Bulletin, 80</em>, 733-743. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-025-10264-1">https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-025-10264-1</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/news/new-plant-species-discovered-in-big-bend.htm">https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/news/new-plant-species-discovered-in-big-bend.htm</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nps.gov/im/chdn/ecoregion.htm">https://www.nps.gov/im/chdn/ecoregion.htm</a></li><li>Rosa Villanueva-Espinoza and John R. I. Wood (2025). Two new species of Aphelandra (Acanthaceae) from Peru. <em>Kew Bulletin, 80</em>, 983-991. <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12225-025-10334-4">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12225-025-10334-4</a></li></ul>