“That’s big time,” says botanist Kenneth Wood of the Hawaii-based nonprofit National Tropical Botanical Garden ... corners seeking spots where rare plant species linger.

is the perfect rare and exotic plant for you. Outside of its tropical and humid native environment in Southeast Asia, it’s ...

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, which are critical to tropical ecosystems Ella Jeffries Staff ...

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction. A new analysis from ...