Rare flowers destroyed in Australia because of paperwork error
Rare daisy specimens pressed in the 1850s and preserved in a box, were destroyed by Australian biosecurity officers after a paperwork mix-up, the BBC writes.
The flowers had been sent from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, on loan, to Brisbane. They were incinerated because accompanying documents were filled out incorrectly.
Australian authorities have ordered a review into the incident.
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Sometimes these sort o collections may be the last remaining examples of species,” Prof Michelle Waycott, chair of the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria told the BBC.
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