The orange wildflower was given the scientific name extinctus because experts suspected it had died out following the widespread destruction of the Ecuadorian forest where it had been found.
The mystery plant was discovered in Peru s Manu National Park back in 1973 - but scientists couldn t declare it a new species for so long because they couldn t tell what family it belonged to.
A scientist discovered a weird tree in the Amazon jungle in 1973 that was unlike anything he'd ever seen before. It was around 20 feet tall and had small orange fruits in the shape of paper lanterns.