2007-12-01 05:59:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Depends on who you reference. The total number of flowering species is estimated to be in the range of 250,000 to 400,000 but only about 230,000 are described.
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/trmar98.htm
Angiosperms, flowering plants, comprise over 90% of the worlds plant species.
The three largest families make up nearly 25% of the flowering plants. They are asters & sunflower family, (Asteraceae) with about 24,000 species, the orchid family (Orchidaceae) with about 20,000 species, and the legume or pea family (Fabaceae) with 18,000 species.
Species counts by country or region in a searchable data base ie United Kingdom has 1,550.0 species
Antarctic has 2 species Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis).
http://earthtrends.wri.org/register.php?raction=form&theme=7&tool=1&mod_ref_href=searchable_db/index.php|||theme||7|variable_ID||143|action||select_countries
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/wildlife/plants/index.php
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071126170900.htm
http://scitec.uwichill.edu.bb/bcs/bl14apl/flow2.htm
2007-12-01 09:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by gardengallivant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-14 21:08:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than the world population of 6 billion
2007-12-01 06:01:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Which flowers you want to know? tell me the specific range, then I will give the answer.
2007-12-01 06:02:07 · answer #4 · answered by Narendra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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That's like asking who is the worlds most beautiful woman. Everyone has their own tastes.
2016-04-08 08:08:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think anyone really knows since there are still regions on the Earth unexplored.
2007-12-01 06:01:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
too many
2007-12-01 06:04:10 · answer #7 · answered by naomib 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
billions and billions
what kind of question is this
2007-12-01 06:01:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
23,647,918 last time I counted.
2007-12-01 08:25:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how is anyone meant to know that?
2007-12-01 06:02:14 · answer #10 · answered by Sarah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋