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I need to know an average amount of how many flowering plant species there are in the world for a paper I am writing.
I cant seem to find it anywhere on google or yahoo. I will keep trying but if you have read it somewhere or have seen this, please let me know. Thankyou!

2007-10-09 09:26:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Botany

6 answers

Flowering plant diversity
Quoted from wikipedia
"The number of species of flowering plants is estimated to be in the range of 250,000 to 400,000. [2] [3] [4] "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant

Species counts by country or region
United KingdomGBR1,550.0
http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/index.php?action=select_countries&theme=7&variable_ID=143
http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/biodiversity-protected/variable-143.html

2007-10-09 10:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by gardengallivant 7 · 2 0

Between 230000-270000 flowering plants in the world

2007-10-09 16:53:34 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 1 0

ummm about 300,000-a lot more.

lol. sry meg

2007-10-10 16:51:24 · answer #3 · answered by scream296 1 · 0 0

Lots and lots

2007-10-09 16:41:48 · answer #4 · answered by psychobilly_phreakout 5 · 0 1

around 300,000. (known)

2007-10-10 11:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by admode 3 · 0 0

258,650.

2007-10-09 16:43:35 · answer #6 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 1 0

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