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The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase
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We have counted the currently known, described and accepted number of plant species as ca 374,000, of which approximately 308,312 are vascular plants, with 295,383 flowering plants (angiosperms; monocots: 74,273; eudicots: 210,008). Global numbers of smaller plant groups are as follows: algae ca 44,000, liverworts ca 9,000, hornworts ca 225, mosses 12,700, lycopods 1,290, ferns 10,560 and gymnosperms 1,079. Phytotaxa is currently contributing more than a quarter of the ca 2000 species that are described every year, showing that it has become a major contributor to the dissemination of new species discovery. However, the rate of discovery is slowing down, due to reduction in financial and scientific support for fundamental natural history studies.
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“In fact, it is estimated that there are around 374,000 plant species in the world, and much more remain unidentified [2].”
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- CHRISTENHUSZ, M. J. M., & BYNG, J. W.
- Venue
- Phytotaxa
- Publisher
- Magnolia Press
- Published
- 2016-05-20
- Volume
- 261
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 1179-3155 (ISSN-L)
- 1179-3163
- OpenAlex
- W2406709078
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- 2,113
- References
- 14
- FWCI
- 132.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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