How many species of flowering plants are there?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1705, 2011, Pages 554-559

  Joppa, Lucas N ^a   Roberts, David L ^b,c   Pimm, Stuart L ^d  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Biodiversity hotspots; Taxonomic effort; Threatened species; Total number of species; Unknown species

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOT SPOT; TAXONOMY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79551640407     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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