Trees thought to be extinct found in Latin America

In Brazil, several living trees of Ilex sapiiformis, also known as Pernambuco, have been discovered by accident. Scientists found four holly trees of a species that was thought to be extinct two centuries before the present day.
The research team came across the trees in the northeastern part of the country, in the town of Igarassu. The area where the discovery was made was once a barely passable rainforest.