Genus Microbiota
It was discovered in 1923 but political secrecy in the former Soviet Union prevented any knowledge of its existence outside the Soviet Union for about 50 years.Species in the genus Microbiota of plants
Microbiota decussata - It was discovered in 1923 but political secrecy in the former Soviet Union prevented any knowledge of its existence outside the Soviet Union for about 50 years. It has never acquired a common English name, though Siberian Cypress has been proposed.