Scientists stunned after rediscovering species that vanished for almost 100 years: 'First confirmed record'

Scientists stunned after rediscovering species that vanished for almost 100 years: 'First confirmed record'

Botanists in India have rediscovered a species of flower lost for almost 100 years, East Mojo reported. The plant, Strobilanthes parryorum, is a rare species first described 96 years ago by British botanist Annie Dunnet Parry. It's a shrub at just over eight feet tall with tube-shaped yellow flowers. It was found in Mizoram, in the area then called the Lushai Hills. However, it had not been seen since. Last November, though, a research team from…