Title
An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas
Date Issued
22 December 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
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.
Robbert Gradstein S.
Hokche O.
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.
Publisher(s)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Abstract
The cataloging of the vascular plants of the Americas has a centuries-long history, but it is only in recent decades that an overview of the entire flora has become possible. We present an integrated assessment of all known native species of vascular plants in the Americas. Twelve regional and national checklists, prepared over the past 25 years and including two large ongoing flora projects, were merged into a single list. Our publicly searchable checklist includes 124,993 species, 6227 genera, and 355 families, which correspond to 33% of the 383,671 vascular plant species known worldwide. In the past 25 years, the rate at which new species descriptions are added has averaged 744 annually for the Americas, and we can expect the total to reach about 150,000.
Start page
1614
End page
1617
Volume
358
Issue
6370
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85040113415
PubMed ID
Source
Science
ISSN of the container
00368075
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