Plants in the Amazon Rain Forest Could Be the Next Blockbuster Antipatic

i wonder if some plants in the amazon rain forest might hold the key to the next block buster antipatic. It's a long process, it starts with permits. You can't just go into another country and take plants without permits. There are hundreds of thousands of plant species. How do you know whe to start? In my scientific talks, i will often show this map on the wall. Each hot spot represents a region that has at least 15 hundred endemic plant species.