Biologists produce global map of plant biodiversity

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These maps depict the species-richness patterns of plants in 1032 geographic regions worldwide. Credit: University of California - San Diego
These maps depict the species-richness patterns of plants in 1,032 geographic regions worldwide. Credit: University of California - San Diego

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Bonn in Germany have produced a global map of estimated plant species richness. Covering several hundred thousand species, the scientists say their global map is the most extensive map of the distribution of biodiversity on Earth to date.


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