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Anna Calle/CDF
Lecocarpus lecocarpoides: From Near Local Extinction to New Beginnings on Española Island

In November 2020, I joined the Galapagos Verde 2050 (GV2050) team during an exciting time. The team had just returned from an expedition to Punta Manzanillo on Española Island, where they had rediscovered a small population of Lecocarpus lecocarpoides, a species thought to be locally extinct. With 50 precious seeds collected, I was given a mission: to use these seeds to help recover the only population of this endangered species on the island.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Conus nux Broderip, 1833
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Portulaca oleracea L.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Sida hederifolia Cav.
Crotalaria incana L.
Species Database Crotalaria incana L.