Largest known plant on earth discovered at Shark Bay and it's 4,500 years old

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 June Largest known plant on earth discovered at Shark Bay and it's 4,500 years old Largest known plant on earth discovered at Shark Bay and it's 4,500 years old 01/06/2022 | 4 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 00:54 Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology and Flinders University have located what is believed to be the largest plant in the world ΓÇô an ancient and incredibly resilient seagrass stretching across 180km that is estimated to be at least 4,500 years old. The discovery of the single plant or ΓÇÿcloneΓÇÖ of the seagrass Posidonia australis in the shallow, sun-drenched waters of the World Heritage Area of Shark Bay in WA, is detailed in a new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Image: The seagrass Posidonia australis. Photograph, Rachel Austin. Evolutionary biologist Dr Elizabeth Sinclair, from LITΓÇÖs School of Biological Sciences and the LIT Oceans Institute, is a senior author of the study and said the project began when researchers wanted to understand how genetically diverse the seagr

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 June Largest known plant on earth discovered at Shark Bay and it's 4,500 years old Largest known plant on earth discovered at Shark Bay and it's 4,500 years old 01/06/2022 | 4 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 00:54 Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology and Flinders University have located what is believed to be the largest plant in the world ΓÇô an ancient and incredibly resilient seagrass stretching across 180km that is estimated to be at least 4,500 years old.

The discovery of the single plant or ΓÇÿcloneΓÇÖ of the seagrass Posidonia australis in the shallow, sun-drenched waters of the World Heritage Area of Shark Bay in WA, is detailed in a new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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