PLANT OLDEST THAN DINOSAURS The Philippines is home to many rare plants and other diverse species. These rare classic plants are seen in Masungi Georeserve located in Baras, Rizal.
These newly discovered plants are known to be Cycads and are a classification of spermatophytes or seed plants. These kinds of plants existed for hundreds of millions of years ago. The earliest cycad fossils mark to the early Permian period over 200 million years ago, a time before Dinosaurs existed.
This kind of plants bloomed during the Jurassic period that justifies it to have been the oldest plants that live today.
An endemic species found in Luzon, the Cycas Riuminiana particularly grows within Masungi Georeserve.