When an inexperienced research worker posted an image of a plant on Facebook, little did he realise that it might be a fresh plant species in the world “found on Facebook”.

Recreational researcher Reginaldo Vasconcelos who clicked the plant in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil in a jungle on a mountain top, decided to post it on the social media site for his friends’ entertainment.

“It’s the first plant which was found on Facebook.

The enormous carnivorous plant can grow up to one-and-a-half metres in length.

Photos are freely shared on web discussion groups hosted newsgroups by social networks and other sites.

“It combines hobbyists and professionals within their common interests of plant identification and taxonomy, often leading to the discovery of new regional records,” the authors wrote.