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South America Regional Overview
TABLE 50. ESTIMATED FLORISTIC INVENTORY
OF SOUTH AMERICA |
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| Number of species of flowering plants1 | |
| Neotropics (excluding temperate South America) | 90,000 |
| South America (with 7000 in temperate South America) | 81,000 |
| Number of species of pteridophytes2 | |
| Neotropics | 3500 |
| South America | 2000 |
| Number of flowering plant genera1 | 4200 |
| Number of endemic neotropical families1 |
c. 25 |
| Sources: 1 Gentry 1982a 2 R. Moran, pers. comm. |
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