"the Mauritia palm is a species that is as essential for an ecosystem as a keystone is to an arch. You see, the arch collapses when you take out the keystone, and so does the ecosystem when you remove the species."
12022-05-29T13:55:00-07:00Julianna Filicede86fbc4c9fb4c37c7274aeb009eb12d157a6011Alexander von Humboldt on the Mauritia Palm3An illustration of explorer Alexander von Humboldt's description of Mauritia flexuosa in his manusripts in Andrea Wulf's graphic novel "The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt".plain2022-05-30T09:47:52-07:00Christopher Gilman1985b99a2acd541caa12a10c3ebf6896565283ab
