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An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas
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The vascular plants of the Americas: Botanical exploration in the Americas has a history that stretches back for half a millennium, with knowledge assembled in diverse regional floras and lists. Ulloa Ulloa et al. present a comprehensive and integrated compilation of all known native New World vascular plant species (see the Perspective by Givnish). This compilation, in a publicly available, searchable database, includes 124,993 species—about one-third of the worldwide total. They further present details of the distribution of species across families and genera, the geographical foci of diversity, and the floristic relationships between regions. The rate of plant species discovery in the Americas averages almost 750 annually, so this valuable resource will continue to grow. Science , this issue p. 1614 ; see also p. 1535
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- Authors
- Ulloa Ulloa, C., Acevedo-Rodríguez, P., Beck, S., Belgrano, M. J., Bernal, R., Berry, P. E., Brako, L., Celis, M., Davidse, G., Forzza, R. C., Gradstein, S. R., Hokche, O., León, B., León-Yánez, S., Magill, R. E., Neill, D. A., Nee, M., Raven, P. H., Stimmel, H., Strong, M. T., Villaseñor, J. L., Zarucchi, J. L., Zuloaga, F. O., & Jørgensen, P. M.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2017-12-22
- Volume
- 358
- Issue
- 6370
- Pages
- 1614-1617
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2779724658
- Cited by
- 486
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 37.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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