Events in the genome of Welwitschia have given it the ability to survive in an unforgiving desert for thousands of years.
The longest-lived leaves in the plant kingdom can be found only in the harsh, hyperarid desert that crosses the boundary between southern Angola and northern Namibia.
https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproj.../31/science/plant-leaves-welwitschia.amp.html
The longest-lived leaves in the plant kingdom can be found only in the harsh, hyperarid desert that crosses the boundary between southern Angola and northern Namibia.
https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproj.../31/science/plant-leaves-welwitschia.amp.html