Botanical and scientific research horticulturist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Led the five-year effort to confirm the new species
A chance Instagram photo of someone swimming among giant waterlilies in a remote Colombian river has led botanists to a new species. Named Victoria colombiana, the waterlily's pads stretch up to 2 meters across, and only 30-50 individual plants are known in the wild.
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