Takeaways:
- Six species of ferns new to science have been described in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
- Most of these ferns have been preserved as specimens going back decades, even as far back as the 1800s.
- “We are especially interested in what factors determine which species grow where and why, and what are the drivers behind the evolution of new species”, said Hanna Tuomisto, a professor at the University of Turku
