There are many living species nowadays, which are sadly facing extinction; mostly due to pollution caused by a human. Usually, we tend to focus on animals, but there are many endangered plants as well. These precious species are vital for the
survival and thriving of our planet since they provide us daily with fresh oxygen, are reducing the pollution levels and are also our food, shelter and medicine.
We should protect their habitats and not take them for granted.
The following illustration is highlighting just a few of these marvellous species.
Adansonia - The Baobab Tree / Madagascar, mainland Africa, Arabia, and Australia.
Quercus Suber - Cork Oak / Southwest Europe and northwest Africa.
Dracaena - Dragon Tree / Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, two species in tropical Central America.
Welwitschia mirabilis("a living fossil") / Namib desert within Namibia and Angola.
Rafflesia arnoldii - The corpse Lily / Rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo.
Nepenthes attenboroughii - Attenborough's pitcher plant / Province of Palawan an archipelagic province of the Philippines.
Symphyotrichum georgianum - Georgia aster / The southeastern United States.
