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The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area may become the last place in Queensland to see a native rock orchid growing in the wild, according to James Cook University research.
The genetic study of Australian rock orchids by PhD candidate Lalita Simpson was co-authored with her supervisors, Darren Crayn and Katharina Nargar at the Australian Tropical Herbarium, and Mark Clements at the Australian National Herbarium and has been published in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is home to 30% of Australia's orchid species. Find out more about the region's biodiversity here.
