2a. Daily Article - New Giant Water Lily Species Found- UKS2 (9-11).pdf
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1、Click Here for Support with using Interactive PDFsA new species of giant water lily has been discovered at Kew Gardens.The Victoria boliviana is named after Bolivia,a South American country,where it grows in part of the Amazon river.The plant has also been named the worlds largest water lily.Its lea
2、ves can grow to around 3 metres wide!Incredibly,the leaf of a giant water lily can support a weight of around 80kg.Kew Gardens has been displaying giant water lilies since 1852.The Victoria amazonica and Victoria cruziana have long been in its collection.As has the newly-discovered giant water lily
3、which has been hiding in plain sight for 177 years.Victoria boliviana has long been mistaken for one of the other known species.However,Carlos Magdalena suspected it was different.Carlos is a horticulturist and one of the worlds leading water lily experts.In 2006,he first saw an image of the Victori
4、a boliviana online.He said:“It was clear to me that this plant did not quite fit the description of either of the known Victoria species and therefore it had to be a third.”Because of this hunch,Carlos decided to do some digging.He worked with scientists in Bolivia and he took some seeds back from B
5、olivia to Kew Gardens.The team at Kew grew these side-by-side with seeds of the Victoria amazonica and Victoria cruziana.This meant they could compare the plants as they grew.Amazingly,they found that the Bolivian seeds grew differently from the two known species.This helped confirm Carlos theory.Bo
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