TY - JOUR
T1 - An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas
AU - Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen
AU - Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro
AU - Beck, Stephan
AU - Belgrano, Manuel J.
AU - Bernal, Rodrigo
AU - Berry, Paul E.
AU - Brako, Lois
AU - Celis, Marcela
AU - Davidse, Gerrit
AU - Forzza, Rafaela C.
AU - Robbert Gradstein, S.
AU - Hokche, Omaira
AU - León, Blanca
AU - León-Yánez, Susana
AU - Magill, Robert E.
AU - Neill, David A.
AU - Nee, Michael
AU - Raven, Peter H.
AU - Stimmel, Heather
AU - Strong, Mark T.
AU - Villaseñor, José L.
AU - Zarucchi, James L.
AU - Zuloaga, Fernando O.
AU - Jørgensen, Peter M.
PY - 2017/12/22
Y1 - 2017/12/22
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.aao0398
DO - 10.1126/science.aao0398
M3 - Article
C2 - 29269477
AN - SCOPUS:85040113415
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 358
SP - 1614
EP - 1617
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6370
ER -