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One Family, One Genus, One Species：Remarkable Birds on the Taxonomic Map
Among living birds, some occupy a particularly narrow place within a chosen classification system: their family contains only one living genus, and that genus contains only one living species. In this article, I will call this arrangemen... -
One Species, One Genus, One Family: Extraordinary Plants on the Thinnest Branches of the Tree of Life
A desert plant with only two permanent leaves. A Japanese conifer found naturally nowhere else on Earth. A tiny moss that seems to shine green in the dark. Welwitschia mirabilis, Sciadopitys verticillata, and Schistostega pennata look no...
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