Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Short-spurred Butterfly-orchid

Europe's Rarest Orchid Rediscovered on 'Lost World' Volcano in the Azores

Researchers studying speciation of butterfly orchids on the Azores have been startled to discover that the answer to a long-debated question “Do the islands support one species or two species?” is actually “three species”. Hochstetter’s Butterfly-orchid, newly recognized as a result of this study, is arguably Europe’s rarest orchid species. Read more in the peer reviewed article

- read article